Game Sound only when run from console

[Lee Braiden]

On Sunday 06 November 2005 04:41, Richard Querin wrote:
> I've got system sounds and video and audio playback sounds working fine.
> However, program sounds like in games (gcompris, frozen bubble, tuxracer)
> only seem to work if I run the program from the console (not sudo'd, just
> run from console as normal user). If I run them from the menu there is no
> sound. Any idea what the fix might be?

I'm guessing your desktop environment is running a sound daemon that is 
getting in the way.  Sound support on Linux still sucks, sadly.  But open a 
terminal, and run:

pkill artsd
pkill esd
pkill jack

and then try running your game again.

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Lee Braiden
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