Re: ESD problems with RH 6.0

[Elliot Lee <sopwith redhat com>]

On Wed, 28 Jul 1999, Jamin Philip Gray wrote:

> > >I'm having ESD problems with Red Hat 6.0.  I'm not certain this is the list
> > >to post this on, but gnome seems to use ESD pretty extensively, so..
> > >
> > >The problems is that whichever user starts ESD can use it fine, but no
> > >other user can.  When that user logs out of his/her session, ESD stays
> > >running.  It has a lock on the device, and no other user can make use of
> > >the device or use the running esd.  I have to manually kill ESD in order to
> > >get things to work again.  
> > 
> > How are you starting esd?
> 
> I'm not starting ESD myself.  in e-conf I enabled audio, and in sound
> properties I have Enable Sound for GNOME enabled.  Should I disable audio
> in e-conf and leave it enabled in the sound capplet?

I'm not sure whether the audio setting in e-conf makes E start up esd. If
you try it with audio disabled in e-conf but enabled in sound-properties,
does the esd lifetime problem go away?

-- Elliot
Who me? I just wander from room to room.