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-con-
       fig(1), esdctl(1), esdfilt(1), esdmon(1), esdrec(1)



3rd Berkeley Distribution	EsounD 0.2.35			       ESD(1)

UNIX/Linux commands referenced on this page:

1. which
2. at
3. free
4. make
5. last
6. disable
7. enable