diff -durN esound-0.2.28.orig/esd_config.c esound-0.2.28/esd_config.c

--- esound-0.2.28.orig/esd_config.c	2002-06-19 16:14:24 +0400

+++ esound-0.2.28/esd_config.c	2002-06-19 23:33:26 +0400

@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@

   char aline[LINEBUF_SIZE];

   char *key, *value, *start;

   int i;

+  int k=0;

   while(fgets(aline, sizeof(aline), fh))

     {

@@ -118,7 +119,12 @@

 	}

       else if(!strcasecmp(key, "spawn_options"))

 	{

-	  strcpy(esd_spawn_options, value);

+    /* permit multiple lines with spawn_options in esd.conf */

+	    k++;

+	    if(k == 1)

+	    strcpy(esd_spawn_options, "");

+    	    strcat(esd_spawn_options, " ");	  

+    	    strcat(esd_spawn_options, value);

 	}

       else if(!strcasecmp(key, "spawn_wait_ms"))

 	{