Sound problem -- better defined

[Tim Wunder]

I posted a message on a previous thread (Adding window managers) regarding a 
problem I'm having with a multimedia app (The Gnome Wave Cleaner) having 
trouble with playback of WAV files. I described the problem thusly: The app 
plays WAV files beautifully when run from xfce started in runlevel 3, but 
doesn't when run from KDE, xfce and gnome started by kdm in runlevel 5 and 
doesn't when run from gnome started from gdm in runlevel 5.

I compared the output of 'ps -ax' when the app would work and when it 
wouldn't and found what I think is the problem, a running remote X session. 
It seems my son was logged into a remote X session from the upstairs PC 
during the time I've been experiencing the problem (not actually DOING 
anything mind you, just logged in...). When I changed to runlevel 3, he was 
no longer logged in, the app worked. He's no longer logged in now and the app 
is running fine from runlevel 5.

So this appears to be a remote X issue.  Any ideas on troubleshooting/fixing 
that?

I guess I could update X to 4.2.0 and hope the problem is magically solved...

What are the chances that this is a kernel problem?

Any insight is welcomed...
Regards, 
Tim

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