Sound not working in FC3T3 ?

[me2]

Sound doesn't work on my laptop with FC3T3. It did with FC2.

Here is the vital info:

On login I get this message:

Sound server informational message:
Error while initializing the sound driver:
device: default can't be opened for playback (Device or resource busy)
The sound server will continue, using the null output device.


Sometimes after login I get this message:

Sound server fatal error:
cpu overload, aborting


In hwbrowser I find:

Sound cards: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller
Manufacturer: Unknown
Driver: snd-intel8x0


If I run system-config-sound:

The following audio device was detected:
<blurb here, same as hwbrowser>
When I press "Play Test Sound" the application hangs.

If I run tops, I find that artsd hogs the cpu cycles like crazy.

In dmesg everything looks normal as far as errors go. There doesn't appear to be a driver loaded for sound. Here is the only stuff I see that might be related to sound:

ICH5: chipset revision 2
ICH5: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later

codec_read 0: semaphore is not ready for register 0x2c
codec_read 0: semaphore is not ready for register 0x2c
codec_read 0: semaphore is not ready for register 0x2c
codec_write 0: semaphore is not ready for register 0x2
codec_write 0: semaphore is not ready for register 0x2
codec_write 0: semaphore is not ready for register 0x18
codec_write 0: semaphore is not ready for register 0x18

All other logs are clean.

In /etc, I have a asound.state and an alsa dir.

asound.state looks normal and only contains stuff about mixer.

asound.conf is not present.
in /etc/alsa, I have alsa.conf. There is nothing special in it.


/sbin/lsmod
Module Size Used by
parport_pc 24705 1
lp 11565 0
parport 41736 2 parport_pc,lp
autofs4 24005 0
i2c_dev 10433 0
i2c_core 22081 1 i2c_dev
ds 16965 2
sunrpc 160421 1
ipt_REJECT 6465 1
ipt_state 1857 1
ip_conntrack 40693 1 ipt_state
iptable_filter 2753 1
ip_tables 16193 3 ipt_REJECT,ipt_state,iptable_filter
microcode 6497 0
dm_mod 54741 0
button 6481 0
battery 8517 0
ac 4805 0
md5 4033 1
ipv6 232577 10
joydev 8705 0
ohci1394 35033 0
ieee1394 302869 1 ohci1394
yenta_socket 18753 0
pcmcia_core 59913 2 ds,yenta_socket
uhci_hcd 31449 0
ehci_hcd 31557 0
hw_random 5589 0
snd_intel8x0m 18185 0
snd_intel8x0 34829 3
snd_ac97_codec 64401 2 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0
snd_pcm_oss 47609 0
snd_mixer_oss 17217 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 97993 5 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 29765 1 snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 9673 3 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
gameport 4801 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_mpu401_uart 8769 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_rawmidi 26725 1 snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_device 8137 1 snd_rawmidi
snd 54053 15 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_ oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uar t,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
soundcore 9889 1 snd
ndiswrapper 114744 0
8139too 26305 0
mii 4673 1 8139too
ext3 116809 2
jbd 74969 1 ext3

How do I get sound working on my laptop ?
How do I at least disable artsd ? Would /etc/init.d/artsd stop work ?

What is the name of the proper sound driver in FC3 ?

[me2]

I think this is some sort of a problem between alsa and arts. There other posts on the web about people having a similar problem (ie aRts hogging the cpu) when used with a Fedora core and alsa.

I figured out how to turn off aRts: Start->Control Center -> Sound and Multi.->Sound System-> General. Turn off the "Enable the Sound System" option.

I also tried changing the audio device on the Hardware tab to alsa, with no effect.

I don't have system sound, but I also don't have aRts hogging all the cpu cycles. The fan on my laptop howls when it is working hard. It is nice to see top without aRts sitting at 80% and nice to hear my laptop being nice and quiet again.