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
  -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 authentication)
  -terminate  terminate esd daemone after last client exits
  -nobeeps   do not play startup beeps
  -port PORT  listen for connections at PORT (only for tcp/ip)

    Possible devices are: /dev/dsp, /dev/dsp2, etc.

FILES /etc/esound/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)