To quote "Steve R. Hastings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, # I kludged a solution by copying the .esd-auth file from the first user # to the second user; now either user can use esd when it is started by # the other user. I'm not certain whether this is the correct long-term # solution, but I'm running and right now that's all I care about.
Try adding "-terminate" to "spawn_options" in /etc/esound/esd.conf . It will (hopefully!) make 'esd' terminate when the last client exits, allowing it to be restarted when needed again(for instance, when the next user logs in ;). David Barclay Harris, Clan Barclay Aut agere, aut mori. (Either action, or death.)