One more little tidbit..
I discovered that my application was looking fro /dev/dsp  in Mandrake I see 
/dev/sound/dsp.  So as root I created a symlink.  I rebooted and came back in 
and my symlink was gone....   Uhhhh  what's that all about?
Russ
On Monday 31 December 2001 15:48, you wrote:
> All
> I have some odd sounds problems.
>
> I love to play Unreal Tournament and Railroad tycoon 2  on my linux box. 
> My sound seems to work if I reinstall the game, but it doesn't stick.  I
> get an error message:
> Warning Unable to open Audio; Couldn't open audio device or ESD connection.
>
>
> So I'm guessing that esd is not running?  How do I make sure it start every
> time?
>
> Russ W
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