Alsa doesn't RELY on the hardware channels. It just defaults to it. And deprecating ESD isn't about dependency on a certain DE. It's just about getting rid of old buggy software in favour of newer solutions.
There's a very good reason E17 has absolutely NO plans to use esd... On Sun, Feb 27, 2005 at 04:33:36PM +0200, nicke wrote: > On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 09:20:29 -0500 > Mike Limon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > You can easily run alsa on a 2.4 kernel which supports multiple audio > > streams natively. > > > > Believe me, i've tried. Some people have succeded running alsa on their > thinkpad 600e:s, most haven't. This comp just refuses to collaborate > with the alsa module. Also, last time i ckecked, alsa used the hardware > mixer to manage it's audio streams, and not all soundchipsets AFAIK, can > do with more than one or two at a time. > > Also, not to forget, esd does not depend on either kde or gnome. > > _______________________________________________ > arch mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch _______________________________________________ arch mailing list [email protected] http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
