When I start up init.d esound daemon, it appears everything is ok, but when I try to configure aRTs to use esound as output, no sound comes out. However, if I start up the daemon without using init.d script, just by entering "/usr/bin/esd &", sound comes out perfectly. I've played around with the options in /etc/conf.d/esound and /etc/esd/esd.conf(tried both tcp port and unix port), but it's the same everytime. I did some checking using lsof, I get the following differences, when I use the init.d script: .... esd 22913 root 0u CHR 1,3 5 /dev/null esd 22913 root 1u CHR 1,3 5 /dev/null esd 22913 root 2u CHR 1,3 5 /dev/null ... when I start up esd without init.d script: ... esd 5405 root 0u CHR 136,119 121 /dev/pts/119 esd 5405 root 1u CHR 136,119 121 /dev/pts/119 esd 5405 root 2u CHR 136,119 121 /dev/pts/119 ... I've also played around with the esound init.d script, if I remove the --background option in start-stop-daemon command, sound would come out ok too(eventhough the daemon would become a foreground task). If I add an "&" at the end of the start-stop-daemon line, I get 1 or 2 "/dev/null" with lsof, instead of 3. So perhaps this has something to do with the start-stop-daemon script. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.start up esound daemon using /etc/init.d/esound script. 2.execute "lsof | grep esd" 3.play something with esound Actual Results: "lsof | grep esd" would give you a dozen opened files/ports, 3 of them would be "/dev/null". and there is no sound when using esound. Expected Results: "lsof | grep esd" should give you something other than "/dev/null". and sound should come out. My sound card is an Soundblaster Audigy 2, and my linux is configured to use ALSA(runs flawlessly). My /etc/conf.d/esound and /etc/esd/esd.conf are as follows: :::::::::::::: /etc/conf.d/esound :::::::::::::: # Config file for /etc/init.d/esound # Note: You need to start esound on boot, only if you want to use it over network. # Warning: To use global esound daemon, you must also set spawn_options # in /etc/esd/esd.conf to the same protocol (i. e. add "-tcp") and unset # "Enable sound server startup" in gnome-sound-properties for all users # and optionally handle authentization. # For more see "esd -h". # Startup options # Do not beep on start. Free device after 2 sec. ESD_START="-nobeeps -as 2" # Network behavior. Use one of following. # Local only (useful for root-only soundcard access) #ESD_OPTIONS="" # Public TCP access. #ESD_OPTIONS="-tcp -public" # TCP access with bind to address. #ESD_OPTIONS="-tcp -bind $HOSTNAME" ESD_OPTIONS="-unix" :::::::::::::: /etc/esd/esd.conf :::::::::::::: [esd] auto_spawn=1 spawn_options=-nobeeps -as 2 spawn_wait_ms=100
Which version of esound is this so I can test?
my apologies, it's esound 0.2.34.
the init script should not be used for normal playback. Although i'm not so much into esound, starting it as a daemon is meant for network playback & then it's not supposed to give much sound on the local machine. You pasted the config file which states this btw. Your output just seems to denote the place where the output goes, if you start it as daemon it goes to null, otherwise to your terminal. I don't see the bug here.
