On Mon, May 29, 2000 at 05:13:04PM -0500, Brad wrote: >On Mon, May 29, 2000 at 09:19:27PM +0200, Stig Are M. Botterli wrote: >> >> xmms works fine. However, I've found one peculiar way of playing. If I go >> to preferences and choose "Esound support", go out and try to play -> >> "Cannot open..." message, go back to preferences and then choose "Enable >> support for old OSS drivers", I am given _one_ shot at playing something. I >> have to keep repeating this procedure for every single item I want to play. >> Does this give anyone a clue as to what might be wrong? > >Is esd running, or set to autostart when needed?
After installing EsounD and starting esd, playback works perfectly with the "Enable support for old OSS drivers"-option, erratically with the "Use native sound drivers"-option, and not at all ("Cannot open the audio device..") with the "Esound Support"-option. Problem solved, I guess. -- Stig Are M. Botterli | Some men see things as they are and ask why. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Others dream things that never were and ask why not. -- George Bernard Shaw