Sound card for two applications

[Richard E Miles]

On Wed, 09 Nov 2005 15:56:47 -0400
Guillermo Garron <ggarron at alketech.com> wrote:

> Richard E Miles wrote:
> 
> >On Tue, 08 Nov 2005 19:11:42 -0400
> >Guillermo Garron <ggarron at alketech.com> wrote:
> >
> >  
> >
> >>Richard E Miles wrote:
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >>>On Tue, 08 Nov 2005 17:34:19 -0400
> >>>Guillermo Garron <ggarron at alketech.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> 
> >>>
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>>>Answer to myself.
> >>>>:)
> >>>>
> >>>>the package is esound
> >>>>i have it installed on my system at least
> >>>>rpm -qa | grep esound
> >>>>gives the next answer.
> >>>>
> >>>>esound-0.2.36-0.fc4.1
> >>>>but i cant finde the command esound
> >>>>nor
> >>>>/etc/init.d/esound
> >>>>
> >>>>what am i doing wrong ?
> >>>>how could i be sure i am running the aplication?
> >>>>regards,
> >>>>
> >>>>Guillermo
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>Guillermo Garron wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>   
> >>>>
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>>>>Hi guys,
> >>>>>
> >>>>>I am using FC4 with an INTEL integrated sound card.
> >>>>>Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller,
> >>>>>
> >>>>>I have tried to use skype when my browser have the control of the 
> >>>>>sound card, and i have to turn off all applications that uses the 
> >>>>>sound card in order to use the one i want.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>i have read somewhere that it is needed to install a special software 
> >>>>>to make linux able to run two aplications that uses the same sound card.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>am i right? please tell me what i am doing wrong.
> >>>>>regards,
> >>>>>Guillermo Garron
> >>>>>
> >>>>>     
> >>>>>
> >>>>>          
> >>>>>
> >>>To start the esound daemon the command is /usr/bin/esd. You can check if it
> >>>currently running with ps ax|grep esd.
> >>>
> >>> 
> >>>
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>Thanks Richard,
> >>it is actually running,
> >>4133 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/bin/esd -terminate -nobeeps -as 2 -spawnfd 36
> >>got this with
> >>ps ax | grep esd
> >>
> >>do i need to configure the applications to use it?
> >>
> >>greetings,
> >>Guillermo.
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >No. Gnome startup starts it and it just runs as a daemon.
> >
> >  
> >
> Thanks you very much.
> but i am still with the same sympthoms.
> 
> while i am using realPlayer i do not hear the alarmas of my gaim
> :(
> regards,
> Guillermo.
> 

I dont have realplayer so I can't test that. Do you hear any sounds if you
play a .wav file? If you do then sound is working. Maybe someone else can
help you with realplayer.

-- 
Richard Miles
Federal Way WA. USA
registered linux user 46097