[Evolution] Re: [Evolution 1.4.6] Play sound file when mail arrives not working

[Luis R. Rodriguez]

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FYI,

I just read the wonderful history of this feature request.

http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3D437

=46rom that thread, it seems Jeff Stedfast was the one who added this suppo=
rt.

It seems it depends on libgnome. Well Debian has tons of libgnome libs.
And I have installed 29 of them. Just which one has gnome_sound_play --=20
I am not sure yet. I'll play with enabling esd now, see if that kicks it of=
f.

On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 12:40:26PM -0400, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
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> Hello,
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> [ Please CC me as I'm not subscribed to the list ]
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> I enabled the=20
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> Tools --> Settings -->=20
> 	Mail Preferences
> 		--> New Mail Notification
> 			--> Play sound file when new mail arrives=20
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> I set the filename to a wave file I have, using the full path. I am not
> hearing any sound. Sound card works, Volume is pumped.
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> I've done some quick grep'ing on the source and I guess the function
> being used to play the sound file is:
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> mail/mail-session.c
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> static void
> main_play_sound (CamelFilterDriver *driver, const char *filename, gpointe=
r user_data)
> {
>         if (filename && *filename)
>                 gnome_sound_play (filename);
>         else
>                 gdk_beep ();
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>         g_free (filename);
>         camel_object_unref (session);
> }
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> Q1. I'm using debian so not sure if there was library left out of=20
> the package's depenencies. I'll look but anyone know off what library
> gnome_sound_play comes from? If a library was left out I'll report it as
> a bug.=20
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> Q2. From some initial googl'ing I'm reading esd must be running in order
> for gnome_sound_play to work; is this right (?)=20
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> I'll keep looking for more info. Please let me know if you know exactly
> what needs to be available to get this sound play to work on mail
> arrival.
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