esd, skype, tor and boot

[Santiago Erquicia]

2006/10/16, sebastien <scamu at no-log.org>:
> Hi all !
>
> Every time I boot, and then launch Skype, I cannot make calls until I
> 'killall esd' (I did not really undestand why & Im not technically
> skilled enough to) :-)

The problem is that your hardware doesn't allow to mix sound. Skype
doesn't work with ALSA (it's like the sound driver) which allows
software mixing or ESD that also mix sounds and blocks your sound
card. There might be a solution on Skype's wiki page at
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Skype

Santiago