On Tuesday 19 December 2006 17:19, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've just found the reason (at least on my laptop): the problem is with > esound package - > > rover:/home/rover# ps aux | grep esd > rover 2655 0.0 0.4 2048 580 ? S 18:39 0:00 > /usr/bin/esd -nobeeps > > prevents alsa from working. After alsaconf there is no esd running, but > after reboot it appears again. > How to disable esd on bootup - I could not deistall the esound package > because it suggests to deinstall a gnome-desktop-environment package, and > deinstall of esound-common suggests to deinstall a lot of other packages, > that I would like to preserve as well... > > Kind regards, > > Vladimir.
Esd should not be being started at bootup, as it's a Gnome thing, but will probably be started when you login to Gnome. I can't login to Gnome on Etch for some reason. It's probably annoyed that I use KDE. Anyway I booted up Sarge, and logged into Gnome, there under "Applications/Desktop Preferences/Sound" there is the option to start the sound server. You've perhaps looked at this already, but if not, and the box is checked, uncheck the darned thing. Nigel. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
