Re: ESD hangs

[raster redhat com]

On 31 Dec, Jesse D. Sightler scribbled:
->  Andrew Clausen wrote:
->  > 
->  > Jesse D. Sightler wrote:
->  > 
->  > > Speaking of ESD Complaints, does anyone know why ESD is suid root?  On
->  > > my system if I execute it as ANY user, it makes a few noises and then
->  > > the whole system just crashes.  :(
->  > 
->  > Mine used to do that, but I can't remember why.   How old's your version?
->  
->  Ok, I just looked at the binary again and discovered it wasn't suid
->  after all.  :)  However, using the version from December 30 anoncvs
->  still causes a firm system crash after 2 or 3 beeps.  This is with a
->  ESS1868 sound card and RedHat 5.2 (Kernel 2.0.36).

in which case you have a kernel/driver/hardware problem - if esd causes
your system tocrash just by using /dev/dsp  it's not esd's fault. :)

happy new year.
my head is still spinning.
:)

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