On Sun, 21 Mar 2004 12:02:55 -0800 Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca> wrote: > > Jaap Haitsma <jaap@haitsma.org> writes: > > > OK my way is definetly not the right way. If I enable the gnome sound > > server I get sounds when I open a window or such but then players like > > rhytmbox complain that /dev/dsp is temporarily unavailable :( > > That's normal. You need to set other players to use ESD (Gnome's > sound server), or just get a real sound card, in which you'll gain the > ability to play multiple streams at the same time. I think there's a third option as well -- telling ESD not to hang on to /dev/dsp when it doesn't need it, so that software that uses ESD and software that doesn't can coexist (using the -as argument for esd). -c -- Chris Metzler cmetzler@speakeasy.snip-me.net (remove "snip-me." to email) "As a child I understood how to give; I have forgotten this grace since I have become civilized." - Chief Luther Standing Bear
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