NAME
esd - The Enlightened Sound Daemon
DESCRIPTION
Starts up EsounD, which provides a sound mixing server.
USAGE
esd [options]
-d DEVICE force esd to use sound device DEVICE
-b run server in 8 bit sound mode
-r RATE run server at sample rate of RATE
-as SECS free audio device after SECS of inactivity (-1 to disable)
-unix use unix domain sockets instead of tcp/ip
-tcp use tcp/ip sockets instead of unix domain
-public make tcp/ip access public (other than localhost)
-promiscuous start unlocked and owned (disable authenticaton) NOT RECOMMENDED
-terminate terminate esd daemon after last client exits
-noterminate do not terminate esd daemon after last client exits
-nobeeps disable startup beeps
-beeps enable startup beeps
-trust start esd even if use of /tmp/.esd can be insecure
-port PORT listen for connections at PORT (only for tcp/ip)
-bind ADDRESS binds to ADDRESS (only for tcp/ip)
-v --version print version information
Possible devices are: /dev/dsp, /dev/dsp2, etc.
FILES /etc/esd.conf daemon configuration file
SEE ALSO
esdcat(1), esddsp(1), esdloop(1), esdplay(1), esdsample(1), esd-
config(1), esdctl(1), esdfilt(1), esdmon(1), esdrec(1)