[Ekiga-list] python dbus script - pcspeaker
Damien Sandras
dsandras at seconix.com
Thu Aug 3 20:05:40 UTC 2006
Le jeudi 03 août 2006 à 21:54 +0200, Fredrik Axelsson a écrit :
> Hi All!
>
> I hacked up a little script which employs the pcspeaker as a ring
> device for ekiga. If someone has already posted something similar
> before I apologize.
>
> For the script to work;
> Ekiga needs to be compiled with dbus support
>
> Depending on your distro you will need packages that provide:
> - beep (a program which beeps the pcspeaker)
> - python-dbus bindings (on gentoo they are included with dbus...I
> think)
> - pygtk
>
> If you are using Linux, you will need a kernel compiled with
> - CONFIG_INPUT_PCSPKR
>
> Note that beep might need to be set suid root to work when it's not
> used from a terminal. Look at the beep man-page for more information.
>
> Put the script in one of your session startup scripts. On my machine I
> have selected the script to be started along with gnome in the
> control-center dialog. It does not matter whether the script is
> launched before or after ekiga. A dbus session must exist though.
>
> The script can be extended in many ways, for example i use the python
> dcop extension to pause amarok when ekiga is ringing and a call is
> connected.
>
> http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=dbus-dbus-python;a=summary
>
> Hope someone else will find this useful.
>
Thanks for the work and the source!
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