On Thu, 2003-01-30 at 12:42, Adam Williamson wrote: > On Thu, 2003-01-30 at 00:17, Austin Acton wrote: > > On Wed, 2003-01-29 at 18:09, David Walser wrote: > > > Doesn't having arts *enable* some nifty multimedia > > > capabilities though? I thought that was the point. > > > > Yeah but so does esd and jack and other sound system daemons. > > This is all fine and good until: > > 1. you're a newbie (GUI-only) > > 2. you install a bunch of audio rpms (Mandrake and others) > > 3. esd/arts/alsa/jack/etc. all start walking over each other > > > > Just hypothetical of course. > > It sounds like you're a bit short on sound system knowledge...
Perhaps, but it is a valid concern. I'm using Mandrake and have toyed with audio stuff. I have had the situation where I have started KDE, logged off, logged into GNOME and not had any sound because artsd was still running. It's probably not a very common situation, but it does occasionally happen. James.
