> I can't find any file named artsd on my > system. Make sure you have installed libarts1-bin. The binaries don't come with plain libarts any more, it seems. BTW, I have a different problem with aRTs & KDE 3.0.4: it is horribly slow, takes 10+% of CPU time on my 1.5Ghz P4 and the sound snaps. If I use plain OSS (alsa with emulation in fact), XMMS plays smoothly even with multiple compile jobs on the background. Is it a known bug/misconfiguration? - Jarno