Sound issue

[Clayton Anderson]

Anton Paulic wrote:
> Yup
> And also, the gnome libs don't seem to be compiled to use them.
> So after you install the gnome-audio package, you can play the sounds
> directly but the system events don't trigger the audio (I had to do an
> update system to get the newest gnome libs and then the sound events
> worked).
> 
> On Wed, 2004-09-22 at 10:50 -0700, Clayton Anderson wrote:
> 
>>Anton Paulic wrote:
>>
>>>esound should take care of sound mixing in gnome..you shouldn't require
>>>arts (arts is primarily kde, but of course you could use it if you want
>>>to)
>>>That being said, I just installed ubuntu yesterday and sound works fine
>>>with esound (so long as you install gnome-audio and update the gnome
>>>libs)
>>>
>>>On Wed, 2004-09-22 at 12:47 -0400, Crispian Thorne wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Am I being really dumb here?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>crispian at ubuntu ~ $ artsd firefox
>>>>>bash: artsd: command not found
>>>>>crispian at ubuntu ~ $
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>On Wed, 2004-09-22 at 16:03 +0100, Colin Yates wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>I believe artsd is the traditional way of solving this, i.e.:
>>>>>
>>>>>   artsd firefox
>>>>>
>>>>>assuming sound server *is* running.
>>>>>
>>>>>However, this is not particular friendly, and it wouldn't suprise me
>>>>>if ubuntu has a nicer way.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>On Wed, 2004-09-22 at 10:56 -0400, Crispian Thorne wrote: 
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Great Distro!!!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I had the usual problem of no sound until I opened Volume Control &
>>>>>>turned it up, but now something new has cropped up- sound was working
>>>>>>fine in Firefox until I turned on "Enable sound server startup" &
>>>>>>"Sounds for events" (I have some Homestarrunner sounds I've grown rather
>>>>>>fond of), now no sound in Firefox.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>If I turn off "Enable sound server startup" & reboot I get sounds back
>>>>>>in Firefox (but if I open firefox first & it plays sound & then I turn
>>>>>>on "Enable sound server startup", I get no system sounds 'til I reboot).
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Seems whoever grabs the sound card first won't share :(
>>>>>>
>>>>>>This is probably something incredibly easy to fix- but I've only had one
>>>>>>cup of coffee this morning.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Cris
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>I have the exact same problem. Are you saying that gnome-audio package 
>>is not installed by default in Ubuntu?
>>
>>Clayton
>>
>>
> 
> 
> 
Thanks for the clue, Anton. I'll give it a try.

Clayton