KDE need more CPU usage ?

[Gain Paolo Mureddu]

Wong Kwok-hon wrote:

>Hello all...
>
>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" and I clicked the "OK" the movie
>can play.
>
>Do I need to upgrade the hardware or fix the KDE ?
>
>Sorry for my english bad...
>
>Wong Kwok Hon
>
>  
>
Your problem is actually the KDE sound server, artsd... You can stop
that from the Control center and stop it from starting when KDE starts.
Only problem is that it may brake some KDE sound programs that require it.