Richard Fish wrote: > On 9/11/06, Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> As some may already know, I'm doing a new install on another hard >> drive. I have a question about arts. I have this for a sound card: >> >> > 01:0a.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 >> > (rev 0a) >> >> Do I need to compile KDE with arts support with this card? I never have >> started alsasound before, if that has anything to do with it, and sound >> works fine. > > arts is never needed for multiple alsa-capable applications to access > any sound card now, as the dmix plugin is enabled by default since > alsa version 1.0.9. OSS-only applications are still a problem > however, as only one can access the sound card at a time. > > That said, arts is still useful for KDE 3.5 if you want sound > notifications for error popups, login/logout events, etc, as it makes > notifications perform much much better IME. > > -Richard
Thanks. Now to start the whooper compile. Dale :-) :-) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
