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Hi all,
I just installed Bianca-KDE Edition and im getting a error,

"sound server fatal error,cpu over load ,aborting"

it pops up every 60 seconds or so any ideas ?
(i got the same error with a few other distros on this pc only)
but i had this on my test pc(ran fine just slower older cele 1.1 ghz // 512 pc 100// sound blaster live ) and liked so i moved it to my 2ndary machine. .
Priamary machine runs ubnutu feisty
(btw im all linux all the time now but still a n00b 4 months and counting)

specs:
acer t-135 tower
amd sempy 3300+
1 gig pc3200
ati 9550 agp

onboard sound

Pls give us a bit more information
Pops up every 60 seconds - so the computer does not close down? Have you got some program to check on your cpu? If not, you could reboot and enter BIOS to check on cpu temperature.
Which sound card?
Probably built in. If you don't know, run lspci in a terminal and somewhere in the output you'll find the sound card mentioned.

hi ,Thanx
i use on board sound ,the pc seems to runs fine i just get the "warning window"It does hang when i try to shut it down, and what is a good program for checking temp? I will look at the bios tonight.

Ok run the lspci command as well (possibly lspci | grep "*audio*" gets you right on spot).
A suitalbe program is mbmon, it's in Synaptics

it sounds like a kernel module (driver) or daemon problem to do with the sound card.
It could be the "cpu over load" message just keeps repeating even though it only dies once. It just keeps repeating the error to the console.
You could go into a terminal session and the message should keep repeating there too.

yepp - and if we know which sound card a mod probe could possibly be used

Hi
Edgy Bug?
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/arts/+bug/66982
IF you have Via chipset:
Try echo "options snd-via82xx dxs_support=2" |sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base
Then reboot, if not what chipset is used for sound?
Nick

thanx for trying ,
my ps died on the sempy with mint on it so ill have to wait till i get a new one to re-try mint OR ill load it on a diff pc in a dual boot

If your ps = power supply died the error you experienced is likely hardware related. Before a ps dies it generally gives unstable voltage for some time and that can give all sorts of errors.