> I mainly use KDE, and currently, it's using aRTs, but for some odd
> reason I get a half-second delay in audio. This goes from XMMS
> playback using aRTs, to in-game events in kbattleship, Vendetta, and
> Return to Castle Wolfenstein. It also applies to the error bell,
> basically anything that calls on the sound server. I tried reducing
> the buffer size, but when the delay is virtually gone, the sould is
> horrible. I tried switching to using ALSA, but I get the following
>
> sound server informational message
> error while initialising the sound driver
> device: default can't be opened for playback (Permission denied)
> The sound server will continue, using the null output device

Do you mean you're running an aRTs server using oss and want to switch it to
using alsa? I'd recommend disabling the aRTs server entirely on the sound
option, but anyway...
>
> ok, so what's the default device? I suspect what I need to do is
> change it's file attributes, but I haven't a clue where to go from
> here, which device it is... guess I'm more of a newb than I thought.

You should chmod 666 /dev/mixer and /dev/dsp. If they are simlinks, as is
likely, you should probably also chmod the devs they point to.