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From: Kurt Guenther <kurtg@××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Skype: esd options
Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 21:05:22
Message-Id: 43B2FCF1.5000500@serent.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Skype: esd options by Kurt Guenther
1 It appears that ESD is setup. I had it ring with XMMS playing. Still a
2 miserable application under Linux ...
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7 Kurt Guenther wrote:
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10 > I'm using gnome, so Skype's docs[1] say:
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12 > "Be sure to run esd daemon using "esd -d /dev/dsp" because on some
13 > distros (e.g. Gentoo) the esddsp wrapper checks for parameters present
14 > to esd daemon and won't detect the daemon if there are no parameters."
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16 > Then start using:
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18 > *esddsp ./skype*
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20 > I've tried editing /etc/conf.d/esound to add in "-d /dev/dsp", but the
21 > demon doesn't start. Has anybody worked through this?
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23 > --Kurt
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27 > 1: http://www.skype.com/help/guides/soundsetup_linux.html
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