#244 artsd goes wild; kernel 2.6.9; FC3

[me2000]

Sound worked fine with Fedora Core 2.

I upgraded to Fedora Core 3 Test 3 and now I have a
bunch of problems:

a) sound doesn't work.
b) artsd grabs every available CPU cycle it can find,
continuously.
c) any attempt to change the settings on a sound device
(Control Center, system-config-soundcard) hangs the
application.

I've tried everything I can think of, including 3 different
kernels. I'm using alsa 1.06x.

The soundcard is an intel810 device. I'm an experienced
Linux user. I've got a bunch of debugging info that I'll share
when someone shows interest in my case.

I've searched the archives as best I can and I can't find a
case that resembles my situation.

Thanks