[luau] Computer Sounds

[Alvin Murphy]

Ralph Miranda wrote:

> Alvin,
> [mirandar at shf102145 mirandar]$ esd
> esd: Esound sound daemon already running or stale UNIX socket
> /tmp/.esd/socket
> This socket already exists indicating esd is already running.
> Exiting...
>
> and I don't know what launcher looks like or where it's located at.
>
> Ralph
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> Ralph, not sure I know enough to help, but here goes: if you are running
> Gnome, you have to have the sound demon running, which is called esd.
> Look for it and turn it on. Sometimes all you need is "esd" at a command
> prompt; other times you have to load the launcher into you panel or
> somewhere so you can easily turn it on. Good luck
>
> Ralph Miranda wrote:
>
>> My sound card wasn't working properly earlier but after I went into root
>> and did a "sndconfig"  to connect it.. I now can hear my CD's but not 
>> the
>> regular computer sounds?   I think something's not connecting properly
>> but
>> I have no idea what it is... I'm using Mandrake 8.1
>>
>> Ralph
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Another note:  I eventually gave up on the Alsa sound drivers in Mdk 
8.1, tired of having to constantly rerun sndconfig, etc..Finally bought 
the OSS drivers; best $20 I ever spent.