Re: Esound and x11amp
>>>>> On Thu, 3 Jun 1999 08:58:05 +0100, Edward Betts <edward@debian.org> said:
Edward> On debian-devel, Shane King <thandor@donut.dhis.org> wrote:
>> I had this trouble - solved it by grabbing the source, and
>> compiling with esd support enabled - that way it doesn't need
>> esddsp. Hence I don't think it's omething worth fixing re
>> esddsp...
>>
>> Perhaps it should be compiled by default with esd support? Or does
>> debian not want to "force" people to install esd to use sound
>> software?
Edward> esd = enlightenment sound DAEMON
Edward> It should be loaded at startup from `/etc/init.d/esd start'
Edward> like all the other daemons. ALL sound related programs in
No it really shouldn't. It should be started by someone
running/logging into X at the console. I don't want Joe random User
accessing the sound daemon when I'm at the console.
Not all daemons are started that way. fetchmail has a daemon mode.
It isn't started that way. Don't let you impression of a name decide
what a program should do.
Edward> debian should use esd. The binary sound producing apps that
Edward> have no support for esd should be replaced with shell scripts
Edward> that run `esdctl off', run the program, then run `esdctl on'.
No, they really shouldn't. It would be nice if they did, but there
is no good reason to require esd to use sound.
Dres
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