On Fri, Jun 24, 2005 at 05:40:11PM +0200, Martin Pitt wrote: > Package: esound > Severity: wishlist > Tags: patch > > Hi Ryan! > > esound is not capable of reconnecting to the sound device. Whenever > the sound configuration changes (e. g. change of the default device in > ~/.asoundrc), esd has to be killed and restarted, which is ugly. > > I wrote a patch which makes esd reconnect to the sound device on > SIGUSR1. Frontend programs like gnome-audio-properties and similar > tools can then send around a SIGUSR1 to esound servers to have them > reconnect to the sound device without interrupting esd client > connections. > > This would also nice to be integrated upstream. > > The patch is at > > http://patches.ubuntu.com/patches/esound_reconnect-driver.diff > > Thanks for considering and have a nice day!
Wouldn't SIGHUP be a more traditional choice? Or does esd already use SIGHUP for something else? -- - mdz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
