kde 3.4 2 problems

[Philip Rodrigues]

Michael W. Holdeman wrote:

> I am running kde 3.4 on 4 desktops and 1 laptop. Love it, had beta1 and 2
> as well and have loved them. These are gentoo systems.
> 
> Now suddenly I have 2 really nasty problems.
> 1. Artsd gives me the cpu overload, aborting sound server problem. I have
> rebuild kdelibs, kdebase, and arts..... no help so far. Reisntalled
> alsa.... Alsa seems to work fine, alsaplayer works fine.. This is on a
> laptop Centrino, snd_intel8x0 driver. Knotify crashes with the cpu
> overload problem, so I have no kde sounds. I did get them partially to
> work with external player aplay but it would also stop other sound untill
> it was done.

You might find this useful:
http://docs.kde.org/en/HEAD/kdebase/faq/sound.html .
Also, try creating a new user, and running KDE with that user.

> Problem 2 started at teh same time as 1, when shuting down computer or
> even ending session I get a black screen with the cursor and it never
> kills X and restarts. I have to hit the power button which then sends a
> kill to all sessions ans shuts down the machine.

Sounds like a config problem. Try with a newly-created user.

Regards,
Phil
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