On Tue, 2005-02-08 at 04:51 -0500, [KS] wrote: > Can someone help fix this? Thanks in advance. > > I am using KDE 3.3.2-1 on my Debian Sid box. I'm not sure of this, but might be helpful. Try disabling all notifications in KDE apps. Apps like Konsole, have notifications enabled. Just disable them and 'artsd' will not start. Srinidhi.