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Assuming artsd is causing my problems, would it make sence to get rid of it? I guess I do not really understand how it works. While still using kde, how can I get rid of artsd?
i am not a kde user but as tip, just to try, you could do something like that...
1. Make a "ps" or something equivalente..
2. Find the server line ... /something/artsd
3 .kill -9 PID
then you can try mplayer...
i know that somewhere in kde panel setup you can switch off this soundserver forever..
i am not sure where
I have shut down my sound server the way you said, but kaboodle is still working. Would their be the need to stop and restart my X server to make the changes happen(I would not think so)
When you start kaboodle, it will start artsd again - check ps -A again.
The option in the control center only controls whether or not artsd starts when kde starts (I think they may have changed this in KDE 3.2, I'm not sure - I steer clear of kaboodle because of arts), so yes, you will have to restart X for this to take effect, but if you're using kaboodle, it probably won't make any real difference.
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