You can perhaps add 'killall esd' in a PreSession script. In fact, Gdm uses an initV kind of startup scripts.
/etc/gdm/PreSession /etc/gdm/PreSession/Default /etc/gdm/PostSession /etc/gdm/PostSession/Default Christophe Le jeu, 27 sep 2001 11:11:28, Peter Hugosson-Miller a écrit : > Michael Heldebrant wrote: > > > On Mon, 2001-09-24 at 03:41, Peter Hugosson-Miller wrote: > > > I never thought I'd be complaining when I finally got sound > > > to work, but I guess I'm not so easy to please... there's a > > > tiny problem with esd that I hope someone can help me with. > > > > > > I'm using Gnome as my desktop, and I have enabled sound for > > > window events. It all works nicely except for this annoying > > > "click" that accompanies each sound. I've investigated this > > > and found that there is an esd option that makes the daemon > > > shut down after 2 seconds of inactivity. The "click" is the > > > sound of the daemon starting up again. > > > > > > I've increased the delay by various amounts, but found that > > > in the end, having a short timeout is not desireable, since > > > the esd startup click is just too annoying. I set the delay > > > to 30 minutes, which kind of fixes the problem, but now the > > > problem is replaced by a new one. If I log out, and my wife > > > logs in inside of half an hour, her desktop can not connect > > > to the sound daemon. The problem is that my esd instance is > > > still running, she doesn't have authorization to use it, so > > > she can't connect to it. > > > > > > I can use a virtual terminal to log in and kill the daemon, > > > again solving the problem, but this is a bit messy. I can't > > > kill it before I log out, because I have panel applets like > > > the sound monitor which complain and then remove themselves > > > from the panel if the daemon isn't running. > > > > > > The whole thing smacks of "there must be an easy way to fix > > > this", as it seems whatever I do, just introduces a further > > > complication. > > > > > > Six months ago I would have been glad to have problems like > > > this! Now, it's starting to get old... Please help! > > > > > > > Put killall esd in your .bash_logout (or appropriate > > replacement) file. > > > > --mike > > That is almost what I'm looking for, but In my case it doesn't > do the trick, as I am using gdm for logging in. When I log out > of Gnome, I get back to the gdm login prompter, and the script > you mentioned doesn't get run. Is there a corresponding script > for gdm that I could put the magic line into? > > -- > Best regards, > > Peter Hugosson-Miller > "Linux - the choice of a GNU generation!" > begin:vcard > n:Hugosson-Miller;Peter > tel;fax:+468 676 5010 > tel;home:+468 756 93 58 > tel;work:+468 676 52 70 > x-mozilla-html:TRUE > org:<A href="http://www.im.se";><IMG SRC=http://www.nasdaq.com/logos/IMIC.GIF > ALT="Industri-Matematik International"></A> > version:2.1 > email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > title:Software Development Specialist > note:Private mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Personal Homepage: > http://www.netg.se/~hugge/ > adr;quoted-printable:;;Kungsgatan 12-14=0D=0ABox 7733;103 95 > Stockholm;;;Sweden > x-mozilla-cpt:;19328 > fn:Peter Hugosson-Miller > end:vcard > -- Christophe Barbé Software Engineer - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lineo France - Lineo High Availability Group 42-46, rue Médéric - 92110 Clichy - France phone (33).1.41.40.02.12 - fax (33).1.41.40.02.01 http://www.lineo.com
