On Wednesday 19 November 2003 12:50 pm, Steven P. Ulrick wrote: > Hello, Everyone :) > I am running a fresh install of Fedora Core 1, during which I > chose to install every package. I am also running KDE 3.1.93, > installed from the Fedora RPMS I got from ftp.kde.org. > The problem is, I have an application I really want to keep > using, JUK, which requires that ARTS be installed even to run. So > I have to have arts and arts-devel installed. Unfortunately, I > can't play mp3's with XMMS when ARTS is running :( If I uninstall > ARTS, I'm good to go (I use the OSS driver with XMMS) > Anothe scenario: I chose to not start ARTS up when I log into > KDE. And I also chose to not have any system sounds. Yet, when I > reboot or log-in, the sounds are back. If I kill ARTS, it starts > right back up, and I'm back to square one :( > Any ideas about how to have the ARTS rpm's installed, but > guarantee that it will never actually start up? > Your help is greatly appreciated :) > > Steven P. Ulrick Did you try the following su cd /usr/bin chmod 444 arts* Guaranteed to keep aRts from running. I don't know what else it will break <grin>. Regards, John
