Re: ESD hangs

["Jesse D. Sightler" <jsight pair com>]

raster@redhat.com wrote:
> 
> On 31 Dec, Jesse D. Sightler scribbled:
> ->  Andrew Clausen wrote:
> ->  >
> ->  > Jesse D. Sightler wrote:
> ->  >
> ->  > > Speaking of ESD Complaints, does anyone know why ESD is suid root?  On
> ->  > > my system if I execute it as ANY user, it makes a few noises and then
> ->  > > the whole system just crashes.  :(
> ->  >
> ->  > Mine used to do that, but I can't remember why.   How old's your version?
> ->
> ->  Ok, I just looked at the binary again and discovered it wasn't suid
> ->  after all.  :)  However, using the version from December 30 anoncvs
> ->  still causes a firm system crash after 2 or 3 beeps.  This is with a
> ->  ESS1868 sound card and RedHat 5.2 (Kernel 2.0.36).
> 
> in which case you have a kernel/driver/hardware problem - if esd causes
> your system tocrash just by using /dev/dsp  it's not esd's fault. :)

Hardware problem?  Nope, it works fine with winblows.

Kernel problem?  Nope, xgal and a couple of other apps that use sound
all seem to run fine.

Conclusion, ESD is doing something funny that none of the above did.  :)


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