Re: esd interferes with other programs

[Svante Signell <svante signell telia com>]

mike writes:
 > On Sat, 2002-07-13 at 00:30, Svante Signell wrote:
 > > Hello,
 > > 
 > > Sorry for taking your time but I have a problem with gnome on a Dell
 > > Inspiron 4100. When running applications requiring the sound card,
 > > they refuse to start because esd is already running. The sound card at
 > > hand does not support multiple channels, it's a Crystal 4205, Cirrus
 > > Logic, AC97. Working sound drivers are either oss i810.o or alsa using
 > > snd-intel8x0.o et al. Currently I'm using alsa.
 > > 
 > > I know that the problem is maybe with the apps. not gnome, but the
 > > cause of the problem is esd, so posting here is a first try. BTW how
 > > is this solved in KDE? Does a simple solution exist? Currently I
 > > have to killall esd before running the application at hand.
 > 
 > what types of problems are you getting and which programs?

Examples of programs having problems are xine, vlc and mplayer.
esd is running with: esd -nobeeps. After killing esd all programs run OK.

mplayer file.mpg: just hangs
AO: [sdl] 44100Hz 2ch Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian)
SDL: Samplerate: 44100Hz Channels: Stereo Format Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian)
expected output: Start playing...

vlc file.mpg
Plays the video without sound...

xine file.mpg:
audio_oss_out: Opening audio device...
audio_oss_out: using device >/dev/dsp<
audio_oss_out: opening audio device /dev/dsp failed:
Device or resource busy
load_plugins: audio output plugin /usr/lib/xine/plugins/xineplug_ao_out_oss.so: init_audio_out_plugin failed.
main: the specified audio driver 'oss' failed