Re: esd problem

["Yo 'Ric Dude" <ericmit ix netcom com>]

Michael Lausch wrote:
> 
> I installed ALSA and the esd suddenly needs the alsa library. I
> thought sound system specific is only in the server (esd)?
> 
> i looked into the makefile and found that audio.o is put into  the
> client lib. Is this on purpose?

Esd has a "fallback" feature, where if you try to play 
an audio stream locally, and cannot successfully contact
an esd server, it will go directly to the audio card.

There is a configure option (--disable-alsa) if you do not want to 
use the alsa drivers.

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