On Thu, 2001-11-22 at 16:53, Craig Dickson wrote: > All hung while trying to open /dev/dsp. Killing esd resolves the > problem. Which is fine with me, since I hate having my desktop > environment play sounds for things like opening/closing windows, > selecting menu items, and so on. > > I just now went into the GNOME control center, and I find that the > "Enable sound server startup" option under Multimedia has mysteriously > become enabled; I had it turned off some time ago. I've turned it off, > and things seem okay now.
Thanks for the analysis and (partial, I noticed one extra lockup) workaround Craig. Regards, Adam
