Re: enlightenment/gnome

[Brian Hand <bchand squashduck com>]

I concur gnome/elightenment has many issues.

Brian

On Mon, 24 May 1999, Gerry Doris wrote:

> Well, sound has now started working for root too.  For awhile it stopped
> working for normal users but then started again.
> 
> I was able to play music cd's and then I tried the equalizer.  As soon as the
> program started the music stopped...and has never come back again.  The
> CDplayer runs showing the name of the CD, track being played, the elapsed
> time...everythng but sound.
> 
> Frankly, I believe this enlightenment/gnome desktop just barely works most of
> the time.  The rest of the time it's just plain broken.  Everytime I exit and
> go back to the command line interface there is a long list of errors displayed.
> 
> BTW, I was using 2.2.5-15 that came with RH 6.0.  I've upgraded to 2.2.9 and
> there hasn't been a difference.
> 
> Enlightenment/gnome is still a work in progress!
> 
> Gerry
> 
> 
> On 24-May-99 Brian Hand wrote:
> > Gerry thanks for the reply.  
> > 
> > It appears that it is an issues with 2.2.5-15 that sound only works for
> > root.  I can not get x11amp running and any cd player to work as a normal
> > user.  I think it might wither be a kernel thing or an enlightenment
> > issue.  However, if anyone out there solved this problem jump in please.
> > 
> > Thanks
> > Brian H
> > 
> > On Mon, 24 May 1999, Gerry Doris wrote:
> > 
> >> Well, you and I ought to get together.  I have exactly the opposite
> >> problem.  Normal users get sound but root doesn't.
> >> 
> >> I put in the 2.2.9 kernel and found that root sound was working again but
> >> earlier today I got the same old message at startup that sound was being
> >> disabled.
> >> 
> >> Gerry
> >> 
> >> On Sun, 23 May 1999, Brian Hand wrote:
> >> 
> >> > Does anyone know why I can not use sound as a normal user in
> >> > enlightenemnt?  I got it working fine as root but my normal user bchand
> >> > can not when I was configuring enlightenment it said unable to start
> >> > esound.  I figure it is a permissions problem, however, before I go
> >> > twiddling with devices and permissions I thought I would as kif anyone had
> >> > this problem and how did they fix it?
> >> > 
> >> > Brian
> >> > 
> >> > 
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> Date: 24-May-99
> Time: 19:59:50
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