Public bug reported:
Booting the Kubuntu 7.10 amd64 livecd and starting the installer results
in 800+ artsd processes and a massive cpu load (8+ on a dual cpu
system).
Only way to stop the process from spawning after trying killall artsd is
to chmod -x /usr/bin/artsd and then run "for i in `ps au
Having a similar problem that may well be related: kdm misbehaves when
typing the first character of a password -- the entire password text
field fills up and will not accept any keyboard input (like home, bksp,
delete, even return). Many times an xserver restart is required by
logging in through t
