Re: ESD hangs

[raster redhat com]

On  1 Jan, Jesse D. Sightler scribbled:
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->  raster@redhat.com wrote:
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->  > On 31 Dec, Jesse D. Sightler scribbled:
->  > ->  Andrew Clausen wrote:
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->  > ->  > Jesse D. Sightler wrote:
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->  > ->  > > 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.  :(
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->  > ->  > Mine used to do that, but I can't remember why.   How old's your version?
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->  > ->  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).
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->  > 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. :)
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->  Hardware problem?  Nope, it works fine with winblows.
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->  Kernel problem?  Nope, xgal and a couple of other apps that use sound
->  all seem to run fine.
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->  Conclusion, ESD is doing something funny that none of the above did.  :)

yes - and the driver/hware doesnt like it - its a driver rpoblem. thats
what "kernels" are about - separating hware and programs by a safe
reliable layer - if that layer breaks (ie kerenl) it snot the
applications fault. programers wrtie code assuming this layer works -
if we didnt assume this we'd never get any programs done. esd runs fine
at home and at wrok all day. you have a kernel/driver problem. esd just
has managed to tickle the problem.

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