installing audacity

[Michael R. Head]

On Sun, 2006-02-26 at 15:05 -0800, Adam Lafayette wrote:
> 
> --- "Michael R. Head" <burner at suppressingfire.org>
> wrote:
> 
> > You can get around this by doing this:
> > 
> > Press Alt-F2 to get the Run Application dialog and
> > type this: 
> > esddsp audacity
> > And press the Run button
> > 
> 
> 
> killall esd worked.
> I understand what it does.
> 
> what does esddsp audacity do?
> does it somehow direct esd to audacity?

Yes. It tells audacity to use esd instead of directly opening /dev/dsp

> 
> though system sounds doesn't seem too important to me
> at this point is there a way to have audacity work
> without killing esd?  Is that what esddsp audacity
> does?

Yes.

> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 
> Adam Lafayette  N1ZGG   atomlbomb at yahoo.com    http://www.bloodkeg.com       http://www.geocities.com/atomlbomb
> 
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Michael R. Head <burner at suppressingfire.org>
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