Bug#205888: rhythmbox cannot be used with esd/gnome sound events

[Johannes Rohr]

> i dont really see the big deal about this bug.  yes, it makes
> rhythmbox useless with esd...but *only* with the default settings in
> place.  gnome by default starts esd with 'esd -nobeeps', which means
> that esd is always hooked into the audio device, thus preventing
> rhythmbox from accessing it.  simply by changing the way esd is
> started with 'esd -nobeeps -as2', rhythmbox can work prefectly as
> well as not disrupting those programs that use esd.  hopefully this
> tip will help some out there with this problem.  i would change this
> bug to severity normal and cordinate with the gnome/esd packagers to
> maybe change the default method of starting esd .

What's more: I can't see *any* problem running rhythmbox along with
Gnome sound events. I've tried that a number of times now:

a) disable sound events

b) launch rhythmbox

c) re-enable sound events.

d) Let rhythmbox play music.

Works fine for me.

Please excuse my ignorance, but I fail to understand why rhythmbox
thinks it cannot do what it obviously can...

Ciao,

Johannes




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