Re: xmms conflics with esd?
On Sun, 29 Dec 2002 01:30:16 -0800
Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.dyndns.org> wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 29, 2002 at 04:36:50PM +0800, Dai Yuwen wrote:
> > I find xmms conflics with esd. Unless I kill esd can xmms play MP3s. I use
> > woody and gnome1.4. Any advise?
>
> Save yourself the overhead and remove esd? It's not necissary for
> sound, the kernel does just fine with that. (Unless your card is
> ancient, like an ISA sb16, in which esound is handy to have since it'll
> allow more than one sound to play at once, but only with esound-aware
> programs. For everything else, you're kind of limiting yourself).
>
> --
> .''`. Baloo <baloo@ursine.dyndns.org>
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>
Don't you need it for the sound effects under window managers?
mvg,
Wim
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