ports/114168: [PATCH] audio/esound lacks startup script for esd

[Roland Smith]

On Thu, Aug 23, 2007 at 04:03:25PM -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> >  I don't know. I just found it inconvenient that it doesn't start
> >  automatically, like a daemon should (if configured in rc.conf)
> 
> I've never had a problem because GNOME starts it as my user. 

Ah. I'm not running gnome, just using esd with fvwm2.

> I'm very
> leery about running a daemon as root that is clearly designed to be run
> as a normal user.

Understandable. But the startup script could be adapted to start esd as
a non-root user.

Roland
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