On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 04:29:23PM -0700, Ryan Murray wrote: > On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 04:02:37PM -0700, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > > > Yes, as I said: > > > > > > > > What might be better for the default Debian permissions setup is to > > > > > make the socket for public use by anyone in the audio group. > > > > I don't think that addresses all of the issues. If the first user logs out, > > it shouldn't cause the second user's apps to have esd yanked out from under > > them, they should be able to have independent audio preferences, etc. > > Starting esd as daemon:audio would resolve the first part. Audio preferences > (at least the ones esound offers) are hardware-specific settings, that > wouldn't > change per user.
One user might use a USB headset, while another uses the onboard sound, for example. > > That isn't true with dmix. > > The supplied patch has a comment about how -as is used by default so that > other users can actually use the device. If it's not true with dmix, then > why the change? Because dmix doesn't work for everyone yet. > ALSA (and therefore dmix) aren't setup by default by d-i, anyways. I've > also yet to see dmix do what it claims to. It works nicely for me. -- - mdz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
