On Thu, 2001-11-22 at 03:26, Martin Kacerovsky wrote: > Hi , > can you advice me how to get it working? > I've done : > o install packages esound, esound-common, esound-clients Yes. > o run esd as root No. esd will run automagically for each user that manages to get access to the sound hardware. root will block your user accounts from getting it.
> x but when i run e.g. mp3blaster it says failed to open audio device > (ususal if other program locks /dev/dsp) > x imho the documentation is very poor Try killing the root esd process and letting it auto spawn (and die) for your user accounts. --mike
