When I run skype it fails to detect esd and runs without sound changing the skype esdcheck to use ps ax instead of ps x works for me from esdcheck=` ps x | grep "esd ." | grep -v grep ` to esdcheck=` ps ax | grep "esd ." | grep -v grep ` fixes the problem Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. root@inferno /home/haplo # emerge --info Portage 2.0.50-r11 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.3.3, glibc-2.3.3.20040420-r1, 2.6.7) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.7 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1800+ Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 ccache version 2.3 [enabled] Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r3 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.1/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.osuosl.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage /usr/local/overlay-freedesktop" SYNC="rsync://rsync.namerica.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow X aalib alsa avi berkdb bitmap-fonts bonobo cdr composite crypt cups dri dvd eds encode esd evo fbcon foomaticdb gdbm gif gnome gnomedb gphoto2 gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtkhtml guile hal imlib java jpeg libg++ libwww mad mbox mikmod mmx motif mozilla mpeg ncurses nls nptl oggvorbis openal opengl pam pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline ruby samba sdl simplexml slang speex spell sse ssl svga tcltk tcpd tetex theora truetype usb x86 xinerama xml xml2 xmms xprint xv zlib"
that option will show processes from all users. esd should be running as the user that is running skype. Can you see if that is hapening or what is hapening.
No, esd should not neccessiarily be running as the user running skype. For example, I'm also using the /etc/init.d/esound init script, provided with the esound ebuild. Because of that, esound is (of course) running as root. Now, since I don't run skype as root, the wrapper script doesn't detect the perfectly fine running instance of esd.
I am changing this. Sorry for the lag, but other changes to skype got my attention. Will be in cvs in a few minutes.
Whatever :) As long as there'll finally be a working version, everything's fine *G* Thanks!
*** REOPEN QUERRY *** Start esd in a console: $ esd then: dhp@moon:~$ ps ax | grep "esd ." 12893 pts/5 S+ 0:00 grep esd . dhp@moon:~$ ps ax | grep "esd" 5573 pts/3 SL+ 2:14 esd 12941 pts/5 R+ 0:00 grep esd => actual ebuild does not either detect "my" esd ... since I run it foreground, no argument. => "esd ." fails to match. Maybe you want to use |grep -v "grep"| somewhere ? hmmm, in fact, "esd ." does not either match $ esd & but requires at least $ esd -nobeeps Please consider that some people may not need arguments, and may like the stupid beeps at beginning. *** PLEASE REOPEN ***
*** PLEASE RE-OPEN *** the rule I quoted also maches 6558 tty1 S+ 0:24 /usr/bin/python -O /usr/bin/emerge sys-apps/hotplug xmms alsa-oss alsa-tools alsaplayer gkrellaclock gkrellm gkrellm-alltraxclock gkrellm-countdown gkrellm-hddtemp gkrellm-leds gkrellm-plugins gkrellm-radio gkrellm-reminder gkrellm-sensors gkrellm-themes gkrellm-volume gkrellm-wifi gkrellm-xkb gkrellmms gkrellmouse gkrellmwireless gkrellweather vlock xlockmore openssh tightvnc mozilla-firefox mozilla-thunderbird rox-base/rox rox-base/volume rox-base/mime-editor rox-base/pager rox-extra/archive rox-extra/clock rox-extra/edit rox-extra/fetch rox-extra/memo grip amule mplayer xmms-alsa xmms-arts xmms-cdaudio xmms-cdread xmms-esd xmms-fmradio xmms-lirc xmms-mpg123 xmms-mp3cue xmms-oss xmms-stereo xmms-themes xmms-vorbis xmms-wakeup xmms-xmmsmplayer xdialog scrot wmtimer e_utils e_modules engage engrave openoffice -vaN which is NOT an esd daemon ... thats an other case I just met now, when Skype launched by the Gentoo script does not work either
