On Fri, Mar 22, 2002 at 01:28:25PM -0000, Shri Shrikumar wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "stan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Debian User List" <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 11:51 AM
> Subject: Re: Sound works, but not for Gnome
>
>
> > On Fri, Mar 22, 2002 at 07:22:16PM +0800, Crispin Wellington wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2002-03-22 at 08:04, stan wrote:
> > > > I have a woody machine with sound working for things like
> mp4blaster,
> > > > xwatv, etc.
> > > >
> > > > However, even though I have "use sound" check in Gonems
> configuratior, I'm
> > > > not geting it's sounds.
> > > >
> > > > Sugestiosn
> > >
> > > Try starting esound as a daemon process. Make sure nothing is using
> the
> > > sound device and then as root go
> > >
> > > esd &
> > >
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > A quick ps reveals that esd is already runing:
> >
> > stan 17623 1 0 Mar17 ? 00:00:00 esd -nobeeps
> >
> > "stan" is the user that I'm loged intot a gnome session as.
> > And here isa line form /etc/group
> >
> > audio:x:29:stan,sandi
> >
>
> hi stan,
>
> Try killing that one and just reloading esd no parameters- it should
> play a little intro - if it doesn't - you know esd cant access
> something. I have esd set to suid root (maybe unsafe - dont care since
> only I use the machine)
Yes, if I run esd as root before loging in as a normal user with gdm, sound
works.
But surely this is not the "debian" way?
--
"They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve
neither liberty nor safety."
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