Looks like infrastructure for removing esd is in place. The following prevent it: 1. dmix isn't enabled by default in FC4t2 (like esd, it enables multiple sound sources to output at the same time). This has been solved upstream in alsa 1.0.9rc2: https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/view.php?id=1068 Could this be updated before FC4t3? 2. gstreamer uses alsa by default, but doesn't work: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=155542 3. GNOME sound preferences capplet doesn't allow events sounds without esd, I assume only because the UI design: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=155421 The option to start ESD at GNOME startup should be removed. Seems like there's no need now for another sound server like MAS, as alsa+dmix can do the job. References: http://wiki.arslinux.com/Dmix http://www.mediaapplicationserver.net/indexframes.html What do you sing^H^H^H^ say? :-) -- Marius Andreiana Epon -- future-proof business applications http://www.epon.ro
