XFCE4.2 sound problem

Joe Wamsley jw at netrattler.net
Tue May 3 04:06:12 UTC 2005


Joe Wamsley wrote:

>    I'm having a sound issue while running XFCE4.2, I like using 
> rhythmbox for my mp3's but I know that it needs esound to run it. The 
> only way I can play music in it right now is to open a terminal and 
> type esd. Is there a way I can get XFCE to do this automatically for 
> me or is there another solution. I tried the "How to configure sound 
> to work properly in gnome" but that caused problems with my sound card 
> so I went back with the old setup. Any help is appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Joe
>
    Well I figured out a temporary solution to this, I just added esd to 
the end of the rhythmbox startup link like so " rhythmbox esd" and it 
now plays sound without having to go to the terminal anymore.

Joe




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