On Tue, 2006-10-10 at 14:11 -0400, José Alburquerque wrote:> Ritesh Khadgaray wrote:> > On Tue, 2006-10-10 at 09:41 -0400, José Alburquerque wrote:> > > >> Hi. I have bit of a sound question with regards to gdm. Recently I did> >> a fresh install of a GNU/Linux system (Debian) running GNOME 2.14. All> >> went well except that I configured the Login Window (from my> >> "Desktop->Administration" menu) for 1) timed login and 2) play the> >> "generic.wav" sound file (in /usr/share/sounds) when the login screen is> >> ready.> >>> >> My system is running alsa and all sound applications (like xmms, totem,> >> etc.) work just fine. In fact, my session runs esound (esd) and all my> >> gnome sounds play fine (ie. when I select a menu or press a button, etc.)> >>> >> GDM, however, does not play the sound file I selected. Would anyone> >> have any idea why gdm would not play sound? When gdm comes up (after a> >> logout or a boot up), it only makes the "computer sound" (from the> >> computer cpu) but no sound to the speakers.> >>> >> A simple explanation as to what gdm does to play a sound would help> >> greatly! Thanks very much> >> > > not to sure but do check out alsa volume setting from a virtual> > terminal, and try playing the sounds from within gdm.> >> > > How do I "play sounds from within gdm"? Do you mean from within my > gnome session? When I play within my session from a gnome-terminal I > get an error: i use gdmsetup which provides a option for me to check if i can playaudio. I run the command from gnome-terminal as root to allow me to seeany relevant debug message. > > jose@sweety:~$ play /usr/share/sounds/generic.wav> sox: Can't open output file '/dev/dsp': Device or resource busy> > But as I said, when I click on a menu item or press a button (on my > desktop), I still get sound. In my sound preferences I have esound > enabled and system sounds. Maybe esd is "blocking" the device? esd usually does not block the sound card, until unless anotherapplication is using esd to play audio. > -- Ritesh KhadgarayLinuX N StuffPh: +919822394463Eat Right, Exercise, Die Anyway. _______________________________________________gnome-list mailing listgnome-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list
