esd, skype, tor and boot

[sebastien]

thanks Santiago !
this doc is extremely clear ! shame I hadnt had a closer look into
this doc prior to post ! Next time Ill check more.

thanks Francisco, Ill have a try.
the version I use 1.2.018_api

seb

On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 09:13:21 -0300 "Santiago Erquicia"
<santiago.erquicia at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>