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From: David Relson <relson@osagesoftware.com>
To: gentoo-user <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>
Subject: [gentoo-user] ESD vs ALSA
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2007 20:40:56 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070107204056.601d9540@osage.osagesoftware.com> (raw)

I've been using Linux for 6 or 8 years -- without speakers.  Today I
decided to take a trip on the wild side and install speakers.  It has
been interesting.

I've been using /usr/bin/gnome-sound-properties (started from Gnome
start button via system//preferences/sound (from nu) to test my
configuration.  From the Sounds tab, all the System Sounds work
perfectly.  However the Devices tab works fine when ESD (Enlightenment
Sound Daemon) is selected and doesn't work at all when "ALSA" is
selected.  In this case, "doesn't work" means the following dialog is
displayed:
 
  audiotestsrc wave=sine freq=512!
  audioconvert ! audioresample ! gconfaudiosink:
  Could not open resource for writing.

Any tips on what I should check?  

Question 2:  Is either ESD or ALSA to be preferred?  Why?


Regards,

David
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             reply	other threads:[~2007-01-08  1:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-01-08  1:40 David Relson [this message]
2007-01-08  1:53 ` [gentoo-user] ESD vs ALSA Mark Knecht
2007-01-08  1:56   ` Mark Knecht
2007-01-08 12:22     ` David Relson
2007-01-08 14:08       ` Mark Knecht
2007-01-09  0:27         ` David Relson
2007-01-10  5:54           ` Bruno Espinoza

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