[ale] Esound questions...esd won't start on RH 8

[Geoffrey]

I don't know that any distribution puts esd in a startup script.  esd 
was originally an outgrowth of Enlightenment, since very few major 
distros ship with Enlightenment, I suspect it's unlikely they do much 
with esd either.

esd -as $SECONDS

Tells esd to release the audio device after $SECONDS of inactivity.

John Wells wrote:
> I was playing around with esd a bit trying to get remote tv going on my
> laptop.  Didn't change any config files, just ran my own esd from cmdline.
> 
> Now, however, esd won't start for some reason.  I know it used to be
> started with a flag that would tell it to free the device after 2 seconds.
>  I also know that in the past, if I wasn't using sound, I didn't see esd
> anywhere in the process list.  However, if I started something, say xmms,
> that used esd  the process would start.
> 
> I've been looking for where this start is defined in tracking down the
> problem, but can't find any mention of esd in any of the
> /etc/rc.d/rc[0-6]*.d scripts.
> 
> Anyone know what might be going on?  This is on a Dell Inspiron i8200 with
> Cirrus Logic/Crystal CS4205 audio controller.
> 
> Here's the error message I'm getting now when running esd from the cmdline:
> 
> [root at ocean jb]# esd
> unsupported playback rate: 44100
> Audio device open for 44.1Khz, stereo, 16bit failed
> Trying 44.1Khz, 8bit stereo.
> unsupported sound format: 32
> Audio device open for 44.1Khz, stereo, 8bit failed
> Trying 48Khz, 16bit stereo.
> unsupported playback rate: 48000
> Audio device open for 44.1Khz, stereo, 8bit failed
> Trying 22.05Khz, 8bit stereo.
> unsupported sound format: 32
> Audio device open for 22.05Khz, stereo, 8bit failed
> Trying 44.1Khz, 16bit mono.
> unsupported playback rate: 44100
> Audio device open for 44.1Khz, mono, 8bit failed
> Trying 22.05Khz, 8bit mono.
> unsupported sound format: 0
> Audio device open for 22.05Khz, mono, 8bit failed
> Trying 11.025Khz, 8bit stereo.
> unsupported sound format: 32
> Audio device open for 11.025Khz, stereo, 8bit failed
> Trying 11.025Khz, 8bit mono.
> unsupported sound format: 0
> Audio device open for 11.025Khz, mono, 8bit failed
> Trying 8.192Khz, 8bit mono.
> unsupported sound format: 0
> Audio device open for 8.192Khz, mono, 8bit failed
> Trying 8Khz, 8bit mono.
> unsupported sound format: 0
> Sound device inadequate for Esound. Fatal.
> 
> 
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