Re: esd doesn't play sounds, except for root

[Andrew Clausen <clausen alphalink com au>]

Tim Lewis wrote:

> Hello folks,
> I just installed 1.0 and esd works (finally) for all sounds (gnome
> events, enlightenment), but only for the root user.  When I login under
> my normal user account, I get no sounds.  I tried esdplay <wave_file>
> and get nothing.  Seems like some sort of security issue.  I have an
> .esd_auth file in my home directory; is this significant?  Any help
> would be appreciated.

Just a possibility (don't laugh - happened to me): perhaps when you're
root,you have a different path, and a different (older/newer) esd gets
executed.

Try typing "which esd" for both root and a normal user.

Andrew Clausen