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Bug 142502 - Gnome 2.6.1 doesn't have sound
Gnome 2.6.1 doesn't have sound
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: libgnome
Classification: Deprecated
Component: general
unspecified
Other Linux
: High major
: ---
Assigned To: libgnome maintainer
libgnome maintainer
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2004-05-13 21:20 UTC by Eugenia Loli-Queru
Modified: 2004-12-22 21:47 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Attachments
Patch to fix sound events (568 bytes, patch)
2004-05-15 20:12 UTC, Kjartan Maraas
none Details | Review

Description Eugenia Loli-Queru 2004-05-13 21:20:46 UTC
I just upgraded my Gnome 2.4.2 on Slackware with the official slackware gnome 
2.6.1 packages and now no one has sound on Gnome for the system events (not 
even the slackware developer, but he doesn't know how to solve this, so I file 
the bug here).

Please note that our alsa is fine and unmuted, OSS is working fine, kde has 
sound, sdl games have sound, GStreamer apps DO have sound, everything is fine 
on the system. The *only* thing that doesn't work are the *gnome sounds*. Yes, 
the two checkboxes on the sound preference panel are checked (I even 
doublechecked on the gconf to see that they are indeed checked), the gnome 
volume meter is fine, but there is not a peep regarding ESD on gnome. And yes, 
the sounds are installed properly on /usr/share/sounds/.

Please note that *the only* sounds that DO happen on gnome 2.6.1 on Slackware 
are the *startup* and the *shutdown* sounds. These DO happen! However all the 
other system sounds (e.g. closing down a window, having an alert etc) DON'T 
happen.

Any clues?
Comment 1 Eugenia Loli-Queru 2004-05-14 07:57:39 UTC
I am not the only one, here is another Slackware person who has the same 
problem:
http://gnomesupport.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6340

Are you sure guys Esound works with ALSA on kernel 2.4.25?
Comment 2 cantona 2004-05-14 08:22:28 UTC
I am same with you.
only the *startup* and the *shutdown* sounds......no other sounds on Gnome 2.6.1
but I am debian sid using the emperimental packages. Kernel 2.6.5
Comment 3 Vermyndax 2004-05-15 00:16:30 UTC
This is not just Slackware or Debian - I am experiencing the exact same issue on
Gentoo.  My startup and shutdown sounds work, but none of the other ones do.

To add to the confusion, I can open up gnomecc and play the sounds in that
applet.  The sounds even respond correctly to events in the gnomecc when
clicking on buttons or whatnot.

Dropping to console and playing a sound with "esdplay <sound>" works also.

All ALSA apps work fine (XMMS, etc.)

But... during regular usage, none of the desktop sound events work.
Comment 4 Eugenia Loli-Queru 2004-05-15 00:21:16 UTC
Yup, you are right. I can play sounds with "esdplay" as well, it's the normal 
gnome session that doesn't work! :o
Comment 5 Kjartan Maraas 2004-05-15 11:36:14 UTC
I will look into this for the next point release of 2.6.x. The comments here
lead me to think this is a problem higher in the stack though as esdplay is
working fine. Maybe libgnome or something like that.
Comment 6 Vermyndax 2004-05-15 18:20:36 UTC
According to the Gentoo bugzilla at:
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50700

...there is a patch introduced to libgnome-2.6.1.1 to fix this...?
Comment 7 Kjartan Maraas 2004-05-15 20:01:41 UTC
There are test RPMS for this with a fix at:

http://www.gnome.org/~kmaraas/RPMS

Please test and report back.
Comment 8 Kjartan Maraas 2004-05-15 20:11:21 UTC
Attaching the patch here for completeness.
Comment 9 Kjartan Maraas 2004-05-15 20:12:07 UTC
Created attachment 27742 [details] [review]
Patch to fix sound events
Comment 10 Kjartan Maraas 2004-05-15 20:12:34 UTC
And moving to libgnome.
Comment 11 Eugenia Loli-Queru 2004-05-15 20:13:59 UTC
Please give us *tar.gz* files, not RPMS, I mean, the problems happen mostly on 
non-rpm distros. thx.
Comment 12 Eugenia Loli-Queru 2004-05-15 21:05:47 UTC
I recompiled libgnome 2.6.1.1 with the patch and I now have sounds, thanks!