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Re: sound not working after computer upgrade



On 10/30/10 7:19 AM, Camaleón wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Oct 2010 18:29:57 -0400, Rodney D. Myers wrote:
> 
>> > On 10/29/10 6:05 PM, Camaleón wrote:
>>> >> Do you have ESD enabled? If so, try to disable.
>>> >> 
>>> >> Also, recheck your sound device permissions:
>>> >> 
>>> >> sm01@stt008:~$ ls -l /dev/snd
>>> >> total 0
>>> >> crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  0 oct 29 07:42 controlC0
>>> >> crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 24 oct 29 07:42 pcmC0D0c
>>> >> crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 16 oct 29 23:56 pcmC0D0p
>>> >> crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 28 oct 29 07:42 pcmC0D4c
>>> >> crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  1 oct 29 07:42 seq
>>> >> crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 33 oct 29 07:42 timer
>>> >> 
>> > 
>> > My permissions match yours.
>> > 
>> > esd claims to be running;
>> > 
>> > esd
>> > esd: Esound sound daemon already running or stale UNIX socket
>> > /tmp/.esd/socket
>> > This socket already exists indicating esd is already running. Exiting...
> Hum... what happens if you stop ESD daemon?
> 
> Another thing you can try is playing the file with an external app, like 
> totem from command line, i.e., "totem /usr/share/sounds/purple/send.wav" 
> and see what happens :-?
> 
> Greetings,

That would do it.

Now, do I need ESD to run the system? Or do I need to try and figure out
why ESD is doing this?

Thanks

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