fresh install no sound

[squareyes]

Chanchao wrote:

>Hello squareyes,
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>>From Xine though, I think if you select the right sound system in the
>preferences (eSound) it should work? That fixed the problem for me on
>XMMS crashing. By default it was on OSS.
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>For Kino though...: " sudo killall esd !!! "
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>(without the exclamation marks, I added those just to make it gorier. :P )
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>Cheers,
>Chanchao
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Thanks Chanchao,
tried xmms, same result, no sound,
did sudo killall esd(without the exclamation marks, gore hard to get off 
machine,
and video card a nice shade of blue, would prefer it stayed that color:-),
 something akin to a miracle, have sound back, on both xine-ui and 
totem-xine,
and totem-zine is much faster to close. It had been taking nearly 5 
seconds to close.

For my info, what happened, am a newbie, and would like to
understand what changed?  I don't turn my machine off, just switch off 
monitor,
would a re-boot have solved the problem?
Thanks again, much appreciated.
Take Care
Winton