Re: [Evolution] Sound for Mail Notification in Evolution 1.2.1 not working

[Stephen Kuhn <stephen kuhn gmx net>]

On Wed, 2003-01-15 at 12:41, Brendan Murphy wrote:
> Hi all-
>
> I've seen a few posts, but nothing concrete on a solution for the
> problem that I'm having on three different systems running Mandrake 9.0
> and Evolution 1.2.1.  I cannot get a sound to play (or a beep) for new
> mail notification.  esd is running:
>  /usr/bin/esd -terminate -nobeeps -as 2 -spawnfd 14
>
> Sound events/server turned on.  Every other sound works - panel sounds,
> etc ... but not a peep from Evolution.  I've even read some posts where
> sounds based on filters work - but no luck there, either.
>
> I have a colleague that has sound working fine ... the only difference
> was installation method; I think he mentioned that he did not use Red
> Carpet... but still - I've searched the net over for any information
> regarding this problem and haven't seen anything.
>
> Thanks for any help-

What desktop are you running - GNOME or KDE?
Both use different sound servers and services - that could be part of
the problem.

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