On Tue, 14 Dec 1999, Stephen J. Turnbull <turnbull(a)sk.tsukuba.ac.jp&gt; wrote: Er, no. The NAS I have does not block /dev/dsp, but that's a Debian patch to the thing. Esound actually accepts many client streams at once and mixes them. That is, I am currently playing MP3 audio and I still get the sound files played by XEmacs. At the same time. It also comes with a LD_PRLOAD library that maps open("/dev/dsp") into an Esound connection, with all the mixing and stuff. That lets old software work at the same time :) ESD actually holds /dev/dsp open while running though, just like the non-patched NAS.... It's a similar thing with me :) Yes, it can, as far as I can tell. I have not tried that part of it, to date. Daniel -- A tranquil city of good laws, fine architecture, and clean streets is like a classroom of obedient dullards, or a field of gelded bulls -- whereas a city of anarchy is a city of promise. -- Mark Helprin