No gnome effect sound after upgrading the gnome to 2.6.1.

genb0y · n00b Joined: 10 Apr 2004 Posts: 20

I've upgraded some gnome packages from 2.6 to 2.6.1 yesterday.
And I have this problem since I did it.

The gnome effect sound doesn't be played any more.

I run gnome-sound-properties, check if I enabled sound server startup and sounds for events in the "General" section.
And in the "sound events" section, after selecting any events and clicking "play" button, the sound doesn't be played.

Is there anybody who has this problem?

## Sorry for bad english.

fvant · Posted: Fri May 07, 2004 2:34 pm Post subject:

Yes, exactly the same problem.

While xmms etc plays fine, the sound effects have gone missing.

garyd9 · n00b Joined: 07 Apr 2004 Posts: 28

I've had the same problem as well... No idea whats going on. As long as xmms works, however, I'm happy.

ja · n00b Joined: 22 Feb 2004 Posts: 15

i've the same problem, too..

but startup and logoff sounds work... no effects work, and the play button in the properties dialog doesn't work, too.

"aplay"-ing the sounds works too, so no permission problem. I hope it will be fixed in 2.6.2

weird....

Mben · Posted: Wed May 26, 2004 11:03 pm Post subject:

i also upgraded gnome. i dont use the sound server or effects but i have noticed that some software will no longer play sound. xmms still works but sdl based games will not even start. they display:

SDL: Audio timeout - buggy audio driver? (disabled)
audio: Bad file descriptor

and cant be killed with ctrl+c

everything worked before. it doesnt seem to matter if gnome is running or not. i tried re emerging sdl and one of the programs that will not start.
im not sure if my problem is related to the yours or not but it seems to be.

supersi2000 · n00b Joined: 31 Jan 2004 Posts: 18

anyone made any progress on this? i have been fiddling around without much luck. used esdcat to check the sound server can play the files and it can so that rules out problems with esound. i'm using alsa dmix for software mixing, but i dont think its relevant.

someone must know why its bust, surely?

-- supersi

Mben · Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 7:13 pm Post subject:

i just spent a few minutes with google and found a patch. looks like libgnome is causing the trouble check out

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=142502

i also found a similar patch on http://gnomesupport.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6340
give it a try, i haven't tested it but it seems to have worked for others.

(my original problem was caused by sdl-mixer but i also have the one you do.)

good luck

Mben · Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 7:25 pm Post subject:

the gentoo listing of the bug:

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50700

supersi2000 · n00b Joined: 31 Jan 2004 Posts: 18

cheers Mben, I used the patch from the gnome bugzilla and it worked like a charm. if only i could figure out how to turn off some of the sounds. some people are just never happy :roll:

Mben · Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 7:38 pm Post subject:

look in
applications -> desktop prefrences -> sound
under the sound events tab

supersi2000 · n00b Joined: 31 Jan 2004 Posts: 18

yea i've fiddled around in there but you cant delete sounds as far as i cant tell. you can only change them. i cant even find where the settings are stored, have searched all through gconf, with no dice. oh well, i'll keep hunting

supersi2000 · n00b Joined: 31 Jan 2004 Posts: 18

dont panic. i solved it. the config files are under /etc/sound/events. just needed to edit them and now all is well. cheers for the helps