Re: [Evolution] Two problems; zombie and no sound alerts

[Timm Riesen <timm riesen gmx ch>]

Concerning sound:

I tried it with both, esd running manually, and in auto-spawn mode.
Esd is working fine ("esdplay somesound.wav works perfectly") with both
variants, but evolution is still not willing to play a sound, when e new
mail arrives.

Concerning zombie process:

Closing evolution let the zombie go away. As soon as I restart
evolution, the zombie comes back as well.

Interesting too is that following processes do not terminate after
(normal) closing evolution:

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triesen   1802  0.0  0.2  3684 2420 ?        S    15:33   0:00
/usr/lib/gconf2/gconfd-2 13

triesen   1804  0.0  0.2  5068 2784 ?        Ss   15:33   0:00
/usr/lib/bonobo-activation/bonobo-activation-server --ac-activate
--ior-output-fd=17

triesen   1806  0.0  0.7 28312 8004 ?        S    15:33   0:00
/usr/lib/evolution/1.4/evolution-wombat
--oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_Evolution_Wombat_InterfaceCheck
--oaf-ior-fd=21

triesen   1808  0.0  0.7 22344 7412 ?        S    15:33   0:00
/usr/lib/evolution/1.4/evolution-alarm-notify
--oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_Evolution_Calendar_AlarmNotify_Factory
--oaf-ior-fd=23
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On Thu, 2004-09-02 at 12:31, Rodrigo Moya wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-09-02 at 12:05 +0200, Timm Riesen wrote:
> > 2:
> >
> > I use alsa and "play" or "xmms" work without any problems.
> >
> > If I try to set up
> >
> > Tools->Settings->Mail Preferences->New Mail Notification=>Play Sound
> > file when new mail arrives;
> >
> > ..nothing happens when mail arrive. 
> >
> > I really have no clue why not since all other applications seem to work
> > fine. 
> IIRC, you need to have esd (sound daemon) running for the sounds to be
> played, since the mailer uses gnome_play_sound, which uses, also IIRC,
> esd
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Timm Riesen <timm riesen gmx ch>