Bug#471005: gnome-core: s

Sven Arvidsson sa at whiz.se
Tue Apr 29 15:10:56 UTC 2008


On Sat, 2008-03-15 at 05:01 +0100, Rafael wrote:
> I go to System -> Preferences -> Sound.
> I go to Sounds tab, and i enable ESD and Play system sounds.
> I install gnome-audio.
> Now gnome system sounds should be played. BUT they are not played.
> There are 'test' buttons for playing the sound for each event, if I 
> click any of them, nothing is played.
> If I go to /usr/share/sounds, i can play sound files with any player.

Hi,

Esound is notoriously buggy. If you need a software mixer I suggest you
remove esd and install PulseAudio instead. 

It has a compatibility layer for esd and should work as a drop-in
replacement.


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Cheers,
Sven Arvidsson
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