> > I  am using NetBSD-1.6U (i386) snapshot and KDE 3.1 from pkgsrc, but I am
> > not able to get my sound card to work with artsd. I can use xmms without
> > problems. Artsd fails with this message:
> >
> > AudioSubSystem::handleIO: write failed
> > len = 964, can_write = 1024, errno = 17 (File exists)
>
> Invoke artsd by "artsd -r 48000," or simply remove this assert
> from the source of artsd.

Thanks. Problem solved