Eugenio Diaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> --- Guillaume Cottenceau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Eugenio Diaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > Why does the menu launcher use /usr/bin/soundwrapper to lauch xmms?
> > >
> > > This is not necessary, and may even cause problems, since xmms uses its
> > > own plugin libraries to access esd or artsd.
> >
> > And what if arts plugin is in use and you launched gnome?
>
> You mean the artsd daemon, right? If so, well, what then?
>
> It does not matter, since xmms will use whatever internal output plugin it is
> configured to use, so what is the point in running it throught soundwrapper?
Because from the packager point of view, I don't know which sound daemon
you will use, and the default uses OSS -> this doesn't work under Gnome
and KDE for which their sound daemon sits on the dsp.
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Guillaume Cottenceau - http://mandrakesoft.com/~gc/
