KDE need more CPU usage ?

[Markku Kolkka]

Wong Kwok-hon kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika torstai, 27. 
tammikuuta 2005 07:31):
> I would like to ask that is KDE is need fast CPU? Because when
> I use Mplayer to play movies in Gnome environment, the Mplayer
> didn't displayed error. But when I change to KDE. The Mplayer
> displayed "cannot open /dev/dsp or device busy"

No, this isn't related to CPU power in any way. The KDE sound 
daemon (aRts) has reserved the sound device for itself so 
Mplayer can't access it.

> Do I need to upgrade the hardware or fix the KDE ?

See here: http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/faq.html#id2890365

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 Markku Kolkka
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