diff -Nru esound-0.2.29/esd_config.c esound-0.2.29.new/esd_config.c
--- esound-0.2.29/esd_config.c	Wed Jun 19 12:14:24 2002
+++ esound-0.2.29.new/esd_config.c	Mon Mar 10 13:18:20 2003
@@ -41,12 +41,18 @@
       fclose(fh);
     }
   free(fn);
-
-  tmpenv = getenv("HOME");
+  tmpenv = getenv("HOME_ETC");
   if(tmpenv) {
-    fn = malloc(strlen(tmpenv) + sizeof("/.esd.conf"));
-    sprintf(fn, "%s/.esd.conf", tmpenv);
-
+    fn = malloc(strlen(tmpenv) + sizeof("/.esd.conf"));
+    sprintf(fn, "%s/.esd.conf", tmpenv);
+  } else {
+  	tmpenv = getenv("HOME");
+  	if(tmpenv) {
+    	fn = malloc(strlen(tmpenv) + sizeof("/.esd.conf"));
+    	sprintf(fn, "%s/.esd.conf", tmpenv);
+	}
+  }
+  if(tmpenv) {	
     fh = fopen(fn, "r");
 
     if(fh)
diff -Nru esound-0.2.29/esddsp.c esound-0.2.29.new/esddsp.c
--- esound-0.2.29/esddsp.c	Mon Aug 26 16:39:55 2002
+++ esound-0.2.29.new/esddsp.c	Mon Mar 10 12:58:56 2003
@@ -122,6 +122,13 @@
 	{
 	  use_mixer = 1;
 
+		str = getenv ("HOME_ETC");
+		if (str)
+			{
+	      mixer = malloc (strlen (str) + strlen (ident) + 10);
+	      sprintf (mixer, "%s/.esddsp_%s", str, ident);
+			}
+		else {
 	  str = getenv ("HOME");
 	  if (str)
  	    {
@@ -133,7 +140,7 @@
 	      fprintf (stderr, "esddsp: can't get home directory\n");
 	      exit (1);
 	    }
-
+		}
 	  DPRINTF ("mixer settings file: %s\n", mixer);
 	}
     }
--- esound-0.2.36/esdlib.c.orig	2005-05-26 02:25:10.000000000 +0200
+++ esound-0.2.36/esdlib.c	2005-06-11 20:40:11.772845792 +0200
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@
     char *auth_filename = NULL;
     unsigned char auth_key[ESD_KEY_LEN];
     const char *home = NULL;
+    char *etc_dir = NULL;
     int namelen, retval;
     void (*phandler)(int);
   
@@ -175,6 +176,18 @@
     phandler = signal( SIGPIPE, dummy_signal );    /* for closed esd conns */
   
     /* assemble the authorization filename */
+		etc_dir = getenv("HOME_ETC");
+		if (etc_dir) {
+	    namelen = strlen(etc_dir) + sizeof("/.esd_auth");
+  	  if ((auth_filename = malloc(namelen + 1)) == 0) {
+				fprintf( stderr, "Memory exhausted\n" );
+     		signal( SIGPIPE, phandler ); 
+				return -1;
+    	}
+
+    	strcpy( auth_filename, etc_dir );
+    	strcat( auth_filename, "/.esd_auth" );
+		} else {
     home = getenv( "HOME" );
     if ( !home ) {
 	fprintf( stderr, "HOME environment variable not set?\n" );
@@ -191,7 +204,7 @@
 
     strcpy( auth_filename, home );
     strcat( auth_filename, "/.esd_auth" );
-
+		}
     retval = 0;
     /* open the authorization file */
     if ( -1 == (auth_fd = open( auth_filename, O_RDONLY ) ) ) {