Re: esd problem

[Gleef <dzol virtual-yellow com>]

On Sun, 7 Feb 1999, Brian J. Murrell wrote:

> from the quill of "Yo 'Ric Dude" <ericmit@ix.netcom.com> on scroll
> <36BE02E5.723C695B@ix.netcom.com>
> > 
> > That would be "killall -HUP esd", however, recent E/gnome snapshots
> > haven't seemed to be happy about that setup. 
> > 
> > I'm still claiming that whichever program starts it should kill it.
> > If the wm starts it, it should kill it when it terminates. Same for
> > gnome-session, xdm/gdm, init, whatever...
> 
> I guess I don't tie sound as tightly to display as you do.  Why do I
> have to be running a gui to use the sound feature?

You don't have to.  I'm on a RedHat system, and I have esd start and stop
from a script in /etc/rc.d/init.d.  This way esd starts when the machine
boots, and is working whether or not I choose to run the X Window System.

Best of Luck,
-Gleef