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[Eric Sandall <eric AT sandall.us>]

Quoting Rohan Nicholls <rohan.nicholls AT pareto.nl>:
> Well I am open for suggestions....
> 
> I was using alsa on its own before, but I could only have one sound 
> stream at a time, which is not ideal, so if there is another solution 
> please let me know.  I agree that esd is evil, but it is the lesser evil 
> when compared to apps hanging because they are waiting for the sound 
> device to be released.  Maybe alsa has this working now?

I believe it does, since I could play my music (rhythmbox) and have two Never
Winter Nights windows opened (using `Xnest`) and I heard all the sounds. :)
You'll want to make sure that xmms is using the ALSA interface and not the OSS
(default, IIRC).

-sandalle

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