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

[mcgrof ruslug rutgers edu (Luis R. Rodriguez)]

On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 01:10:20PM -0400, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> [ I've CC'd Debian's evolution mantainer in the CC list.
>   Also, CC me in replies as I'm not sub'd to the list ]
>
> FYI,
>
> I just read the wonderful history of this feature request.
>
> http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi?id=437
>
> From that thread, it seems Jeff Stedfast was the one who added this support.
>
> 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 -- 
> I am not sure yet. I'll play with enabling esd now, see if that kicks it off.

Enabling esd didn't do anything. Help. And to recap: what are the requirements to get
evolution mail announcement working? I'm not sure yet but I believe 
gnome_sound_play (filename); is being used to play wav files for mail
arrival. I am not sure which gnome lib this comes from, or if there are
extra dependencies.

        Luis

> On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 12:40:26PM -0400, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > [ Please CC me as I'm not subscribed to the list ]
> >
> > I enabled the 
> >
> > Tools --> Settings --> 
> >     Mail Preferences
> >             --> New Mail Notification
> >                     --> Play sound file when new mail arrives 
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > I've done some quick grep'ing on the source and I guess the function
> > being used to play the sound file is:
> >
> > mail/mail-session.c
> >
> > static void
> > main_play_sound (CamelFilterDriver *driver, const char *filename, gpointer user_data)
> > {
> >         if (filename && *filename)
> >                 gnome_sound_play (filename);
> >         else
> >                 gdk_beep ();
> >
> >         g_free (filename);
> >         camel_object_unref (session);
> > }
> >
> > Q1. I'm using debian so not sure if there was library left out of 
> > 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. 
> >
> > Q2. From some initial googl'ing I'm reading esd must be running in order
> > for gnome_sound_play to work; is this right (?) 
> >
> > 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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>
>
>
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