diff -ur esound-0.2.37.orig/esd.conf esound-0.2.37/esd.conf

--- esound-0.2.37.orig/esd.conf	2007-01-02 01:56:06 +0200

+++ esound-0.2.37/esd.conf	2007-05-03 01:24:00 +0300

@@ -3,8 +3,34 @@

 # right.  If you want your login session to be using a sound daemon,

 # you should start it from the session controller, not some random

 # app inside.

-auto_spawn=0

-spawn_options=-terminate -nobeeps -as 2

+

+## set auto_spawn to 0 to disable esd

+auto_spawn=1

+

+## Time to wait trying to connect to an autospawned ESD, in milliseconds.

 spawn_wait_ms=100

+

+## do not play startup beeps 

+spawn_options=-nobeeps 

+ 

+## terminate esd daemone after last client exits 

+spawn_options=-terminate 

+ 

+## free audio device after 5 secs of inactivity 

+spawn_options=-as 5 

+ 

+## use unix domain sockets instead of tcp/ip 

+spawn_options=-unix 

+ 

+## use tcp/ip sockets instead of unix domain, may cause  

+## crackling sound when using on localhost. 

+#spawn_options=-tcp 

+ 

+## make tcp/ip access public (other than localhost) on port 5001 (only for tcp/ip) 

+#spawn_options=-public -port 5001 

+ 

+## disable authentication when starting daemon 

+#spawn_options=-promiscuous 

+

 # default options are used in spawned and non-spawned mode

 default_options=