[Bug 35287] ESD Playback Fails Silently on 1st login

[BHowell]

Public bug report changed:
https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/35287

Comment:
mute at hildegard:~$ cat /proc/asound/cards
0 [IXP            ]: ATIIXP - ATI IXP
                     ATI IXP rev 2 with unknown codec at 0xd0003400, irq 209
mute at hildegard:~$ killall esd
mute at hildegard:~$ aplay /usr/share/sounds/startup.wav
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:819:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
aplay: main:544: audio open error: Device or resource busy
mute at hildegard:~$


I'll post xmms output using OSS and Alsa in a sec.