[e-users] debian & esd do not play nice

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Greetings.

I am trying out Debian 3.0 r1 and having a problem with sound under E.

At the moment I am starting esd with the command

esd &

in /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession

I get the beep that it starts up, and my theme makes noise at all the right times.  Then however all sorts of noise starts to come out of the speakers.  hissing, beeping, clicking and it gets worse and worse and worse until it have to shut it down.  

Is this simply due to me not starting esd properly?  Are there some options I need to add when starting up?

thanks much
Skippi