-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> On Tue, 16 Mar 2004, Paul Johnson wrote: > >> glenn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> > If someone logs into gnome -they own the esd and no one else can get in >> > and use sound, even after they log out, unless someone manually kills >> > esd deamon. If there are two X sessions running - only one can access >> > sound - Sound seems easier in kernel 2.6 so I'm hoping I can finally >> > solve this problem - any help... please? >> >> Get a sound card that allows more than one stream to play at the same >> time. Yours does not. I don't know what cards do other than mine >> does. It's a Creative SoundBlaster Live! 128. > I have alwasys wanted this feature as well. Is it possible to achive this > with a better sound card? Yes. Like I said, I use a Creative SoundBlaster Live! 128 and I can do it. Any quality sound card will support it. I'm not trying to be elitist here, but the ability to get a SBL! 128 for about $20 these days really should be forcing AC97 and other similarly craptastic chipsets to justify their existence. > In windows my soundcard can play several > simultanius streams but not in linux with oss/alsa. Windows does something like what ARTS or ESD does for KDE and Gnome environments. > As I understad this I would with a better soundcard? Is this > correct? Yes. By the way, what's the frequency? - -- .''`. Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' : `. `'` proud Debian admin and user `- Debian. Because it *must* work. debian.org aboutdebian.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAW+eRUzgNqloQMwcRAnQqAJ9adNCGy7yn7s78hV7bB4wZKTtmhgCgwGx1 YdmkQs5ZeeNCyUMKZK++1Ik= =kGMo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]