Re: alsaconf

[Jules Dubois <3f88o9g02@sneakemail.com>]

On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 09:47:37 +0100, Andrea Vettorello wrote:

> On Mon, 8 Nov 2004 02:29:34 -0500, Rick Pasotto <rick@niof.net> wrote:
>> 
>> I get gnome window sounds and xmms plays mp3 files so I do have sound.
>> What I ultimately want to get working is gnomemeeting and evidently I
>> need alsa for that.
> 
> Gnome play sound on window action via ESound (esd), maybe gnomemeeting
> has an option to use esd as audio device.

ESD (and aRts and probably others) is merely an interface between
application-level software and sound drivers like ESD and aRts.

Gnomemeeting v1.0.2-5 in fact does require ESD, provided by libesd0 or
libesd-alsa0.  (The OP didn't say which version of gnomemeeting.)