[ale] No sound in X but sound at the console?

[Jim Popovitch]

Ubuntu?  Esd running when in X?  System Preferences -> Sound, disable
esd on second tab.

-Jim P.

On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 01:10, James Sumners <james.sumners at gmail.com> wrote:
> Okay, this one has me stumped. I can do `cat /dev/urandom > /dev/dsp`
> or `alsaplay some.wav` at the console to get sound. As root or a sound
> privileged user, it doesn't matter. When I start an X session, again,
> as root or as a sound privileged user, I can do the same exact thing
> and get no sound. To illustrate:
>
> 1) Login
> 2) `alsaplay test.wav` = sound
> 3) `xinit`
> 4) `alsaplay test.wave` = no sound
>
> Notice, there wasn't a logout. Anyone have any ideas what could be
> causing this? I am totally baffled.
>
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