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Re: alsa won't work unless i kill esd



On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 10:01:19 +0800, ms linux wrote:

> sorry for another trivial question about alsa.
> i use sid 2.4.27 and gnome for desktop.
> recently if i want xmms play my mp3s, i have to kill
> esd first.... :-(

Try opening the XMMS preferences and at the bottom of the "Audio I/O
Plugins" tab, where it says "Output Plugin", select "eSound Output Plugin".

> seem that alsa and esd use the same resource

ESD is using ALSA.  ALSA is using /dev/dsp, so XMMS can't also use it
directly.  Tell XMMS to use ESD and then all your GNOME applications can
share.



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