Re: Anyone else lost xmms, mq3, mp3blaster, freeamp, etc. sound in unstable?

[Adam Warner <lists@consulting.net.nz>]

On Thu, 2001-11-22 at 16:53, Craig Dickson wrote:

> All hung while trying to open /dev/dsp. Killing esd resolves the
> problem. Which is fine with me, since I hate having my desktop
> environment play sounds for things like opening/closing windows,
> selecting menu items, and so on.
> 
> I just now went into the GNOME control center, and I find that the
> "Enable sound server startup" option under Multimedia has mysteriously
> become enabled; I had it turned off some time ago. I've turned it off,
> and things seem okay now.

Thanks for the analysis and (partial, I noticed one extra lockup)
workaround Craig.

Regards,
Adam