* zlinux...@wowway.com [090331 12:46 -0500] > > How did you checked this? > > I interpret this to mean, "How do you know that dmix was not set up > during installation?" > > The answer is that it didn't work. Here's how I found out. First, > after the install of the standard Debian GNOME desktop, I installed packages > gnome-audio libesd-alsa0 esound-clients, and esound. I then configured > GNOME for system sounds. > (System -> Preferences -> Sound -> Sounds Tab, check boxes > "Enable software sound mixing (ESD)" and "play system sounds".) > Shutdown and reboot. GNOME system sounds now works. However, > as long as GNOME is running, any application which attempts to produce > sound directly through ALSA, as opposed to ESD, does not work.
This looks mostly like http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=516081 Elimar -- You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org