Currently, when configured to start the sound server, gnome-session starts esd with only the "-nobeeps" option. I have submitted a patch under http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=170843 that allows gnome-session to honor the ESD_SPAWN_OPTIONS variable.
This is a very useful patch for people (like me) who have to run esd at a specific sample rate for esd to work at all. I have a laptop that uses the i810_audio driver, which would eventually hang when I enable sound under gnome. With the patch applied, I simply dropped: ESD_SPAWN_OPTIONS="-terminate -as 5 -nobeeps -r 48000" into /etc/environment, and I haven't had a gnome hang since. As the patch hasn't been accepted yet, I thought I would let other gnome and laptop users know about the patch. James Strandboge -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG/PGP ID: 26384A3A Fingerprint: D9FF DF4A 2D46 A353 A289 E8F5 AA75 DCBE 2638 4A3A
