ESD(1)							     Enlightened Sound Daemon							    ESD(1)

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) 3rd Berkeley Distribution EsounD 0.2.41 ESD(1)