<quote who="Bruce Badger"> > > Use fuser or lsof to find out what has the device open. Sure you haven't got > > a stray esd process going? :-) > > Why, I *do* have an esd process running! How did that get there? I see > nothing in /etc/init.d. It's not a module. Yet there is is, bold as > brass, sitting right under init.
You run GNOME? gnome-session runs it if you elect to start a sound server (on the Sound preferences dialogue). I'd suggest you do run it, and make sure all your software is configured to use esd. Then you won't have locking problems. > But, you're right. It is crap sound. I get a kind of crackling noise > in the background, and thisr really gets in the way of the old Berlioz. (Man, I still can't help thinking of Sleeping With The Enemy when Berlioz is mentioned...) > As it happens, I have a spare PCI slot in the XPC - should I just > transplant my old SB Live, or even get a new card? And if a new card is > the way to go, are there any recommendations for sound cards for XPCs > running Debian sarge these days? Nah, best option is to stick in the SB Live and rock out. Great card. No screwing around. (I'd do it too, but I put the SATA card in there... Grr.) - Jeff -- linux.conf.au 2005: Canberra, Australia http://linux.conf.au/ "Consensus is whatever the developers remember or agree with." - Paul Vixie, Open Sources -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
