esd should be started when you login your gnome session. Make sure you checked "Enable sound server startup" in the Gnome Control Center under Multimedia->Sound->General.
If you're using KDE then there is some magic to do. Search the list. Etienne On Wed, 2002-11-27 at 10:52, Nicolas ROBAUX wrote: > Barry (and others !) > > I just found the solution... > > You need to have the esd daemon running in the background. So I just > typed "esd &" and "esdmon &" in a terminal, and then it worked ! > Then, if you type "ps -aux" in the terminal, you will see esd in the > list of the running programs. > I have now to find wich command is the right one to launch the esd > daemon (esd or esdmon ?), and I'll put it in my rc.local file, or in a > startup script... > Good to hear the sound ! :-) > > Let us know if it works for you ! > > N. > > > Le mer 27/11/2002 � 16:06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] a �crit : > > Nicolas, > > > > I am having the same problem. In a terminal window, both "play > > email.wav" or "esdplay email.wav" work for me, but Evolution sound > > notification does _not_. > > > > Barry > > > > On Wed, 2002-11-27 at 05:23, Nicolas ROBAUX wrote: > > > Hi ! > > > > > > I cannot play a wave file, when new mail arrives. The beep works, but > > > not the sounds. > > > I know there is something to do with the esd sound daemon. > > > When I type "play email.wav" or "esdplay email.wav" in a terminal, it > > > works... > > > Do you know how to setup the deamon, or Evolution, in order to hear the > > > wav automagically ? > > > > > > Thank you very much for your help, > > > > > > N. > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution > > -- > > Barry Skidmore | > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | There are 10 kinds of people in the world: > > Red Hat Linux 8.0 | those who understand binary, and those who > > don't. > > Postfix 1.1.11 | > > -- > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution > > > _______________________________________________ > evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution > _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
