Anyone else having trouble with esddsp?

[Steve Bergman]

I posted about this early this morning but haven't gotten any response,
so I figure I'll try again.  esddsp seems to be nonfunctional.  No
errors, but sound still goes directly to /dev/dsp rather than to the
server set in my ESPEAKER variable.  Apps which support esound directly
work fine.  Is this related to the switch to ALSA or something?  Any
workarounds?

Thanks,
Steve Bergman