On Sat, 30 Dec 2000 13:48:36 -0800, Eric G. Miller wrote: >Try running esd with the "-as <secs>" parameter. That'll free the audio >device after "<secs>" seconds which should allow festival to play >directly without esd mucking it up. You can do that in your >~/.xsession. Alternatively, if you run gnome-session, just turn off >"sound server" in the control panel. > >-- >Eric G. Miller <egm2@jps.net>
But festival reports an error and exits if esd is not available. Paul Clark
