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>>>>> "Tanveer" == Tanveer Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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   Tanveer> I don't have root access. So is this possible. How to do that,.
   Tanveer> currently the most stable combo I have found is running ESD.  
Amarok is
   Tanveer> running fine with that.

ALSA is the lowest-level user-space interface with sound cards in
GNU/Linux. The drivers of sound cards implements ALSA interface. The
sound servers exists to provide multiplexing, so that multiple
applications can access your underlying sound devices. esd (or ESound)
is the sound server which comes with earlier releases of GNOME, so I
guess you're running GNOME. artsd is the sound server which is shipping
with KDE < 3.6. xine and other audio/video backends have support for
these sound servers.

   Tanveer> However if I select ALSA sound system in amarok(engine), xinelib 
cribs that
   Tanveer> it cannot initialize drivers.

Since you're running esd, thats why no other application can open ALSA
devices atm, which why xine responds negatively.

   Tanveer> So I am stuck with OSS or ESD.

If you want to disable ESD, goto System->Preferences->Sound, and uncheck
Enable Software Sound  mixing (or something similar option). If you want
to instantaneously do that, 'killall esd' :)

ALSA[1] is an extremely flexible sound system. And its plugins[2] are
awesome.

References:
[1] - http://alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Main_Page
[2] - http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/alsa-lib/pcm_plugins.html

HTH
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