Re: flash and mozilla (and firefox and epiphany)

[Carl Johnson <carlj@peak.org>]

Paul Yeatman <pyeatman@ucsd.edu> writes:

> > Have you tried the '-as' option of esd?  I use 'esd -as 2' to require
> > esd to release /dev/dsp 2 seconds after it finishes, so other devices
> > can use it.  That allows me to use programs with both esd and /dev/dsp
> > output, but not at the same time.
> 
> Yes, this is what makes things work for me now and is essentially how
> I'm running things although I'm currently using the default of 5
> seconds (if I have any problem with this, I might try a shorter time as
> you are using).  Thanks for offering the suggestion.
> 
> The only bummer with this setup is that not all audio calls (that don't
> use /dev/dsp directly) starts the esd process automatically.  I don't
> hear the general Gnome event sounds anymore, for instance, and I'm
> assuming that this is because esd is no longer running in the
> background and, apparently, they don't start the esd process on their
> own.  Some people would likely say "good" to this.  I kinda miss 'em.
> A very minor complaint.  I'm happier to have Flash working :)

Something seems to be different about your system, since my esd
process doesn't exit, but simply closes its connection to /dev/dsp.
It sounds like you might be using the '-terminate' option.  If you
are, try it without it, but still with the '-as' option.  Of course,
just because it satisfies my needs doesn't mean that it will satify
yours.
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Carl Johnson		carlj@peak.org