Re: ESD blocks almost every other sound tool

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

The option in question is "-as X", where X is the number of 
seconds to wait before freeing the sound card, X > 0.  It 
was never made the default option, as it was considered an 
experimental feature.  Plus, if programs are run under 
esddsp, or support esd natively, then we achieve the goal 
of having more than one program able to use the sound card
at the same time.  If programs don't go through esd, you 
will only ever get one sound at a time.

Jonathan Cromwell wrote:
> 
> I believe there is a esddsp command that you can use to try to 'reroute'
> your sound programs through esd. There is also a flag you can invoke esd
> with (I don't remember what it is, try esd -help) that will cause it to
> release the lock after a few seconds of inactivity. Does anyone know why
> this flag isn't set by default? (that would be too reasonable? ;-)
> 
> Jon
> 
> Kay Molkenthin wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > is there a workaround for this problem available?
> >
> > I use mpg123, wvp, ... and everytime I get an Cannot initialize DSP
> > error. If I quit gnome and kill esd everything works fine.
> >
> > Another Question: How can I kill esd after quitting gnome without typing
> > kill XXX???
> >
> > Kay.
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