Re: two sound questions

[Thomas Peri <ispleen@mac.com>]

 Weird. I had tried that, and it didn't start esd, so I assumed that 
wasn't the way to do it. As it turns out, ~/.xsession wasn't getting 
sourced, and /etc/X11/Xsession (which appeared to be what was supposed 
to do that) wasn't even checking for it. There was a variable ($STARTUP) 
pointing at it, but the script didn't do anything with it.

So I added a few lines to check for it and source it. Now my problem is 
that esd stays running when I log out.

I think it's worth noting that I didn't have a ~/.xsession file until I 
created it, so it just contains the line:

/usr/bin/esd &

The reason I don't specify a window manager is this: I'm using the 
Fluxbox window manager, and not KDE or Gnome. I am, however, running kdm 
(for the graphical login and the ability to shut down without logging 
in). When I installed Fluxbox, the option to use it automagically 
appeared in the menu in the login window, and I have no idea how it's 
actually run. Is ~/.xsession maybe just for startx run from a console, 
and there's a different way you're supposed to start things if you're 
using a graphical login?


Theo Gutmann wrote:

> On Wed, 2002-04-10 at 18:53, Thomas Peri wrote:
>
> > Hmmm... ok, did that.  But I just discovered that that wasn't what was 
> > causing that alert.  esound, though installed, was not running. *slaps 
> > self on forehead*  How can I have it run at startup?
>
> If you are running Gnome, fire up Gnome Control Center, select
> Multimedia -> Sound (on the left side), check 'Enable sound server
> startup', and restart gnome (log out and then back in).
>
> If you aren't running Gnome or KDE, you have to run esd from your
> ~/.xsession file. Example:
>
> /usr/bin/esd &
> exec /usr/bin/enlightenment
>
> I can't give you the details for KDE, since I don't use it, but it
> should be similar to Gnome, if supported.
>
> > I suppose gaim is trying to use /dev/dsp directly to 
> > play its sounds, but I don't see an option in gaim for using esound.
>
> According to the documentation, there are only few apps supporting esd.
> It seems, that the rest is directing its audio output to /dev/dsp :((
>
>
> > Another thing: switching to esound has introduced a one-second delay in 
> > xmms between clicking stop and the music actually stopping.  Same for 
> > volume.  Any thoughts on this?
>
> Same here.
>
> Theo



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