On Fri, 09 Jul 2021 10:56:24 -0300 sawb...@gmx.net said: We're not the right people to ask. X has nothing to do with audio. But it sounds like your app needs to be updated to newer audio APIs at some point.
> Hello: > > --- > I am posting this question here at X.org because it is related to an > X-application. Please advise if it has to go elsewhere. > --- > > I have recently set up an interesting, simple/lightweight system mail > notification for my Devuan Beowulf installation ... > > ~$ uname -a > Linux devuan 5.10.0-0.bpo.3-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.13-1~bpo10+1 (2021-02-11) > x86_64 GNU/Linux > ~$ > > ... which got me more or less what I wanted. > > Simple in that it was MTA only (no POP/SMTP/etc.) and lightweight because it > had to be independent and do just that: notify me of system mail. ie: not > integrated to a panel or desktop. > > I was forgetting to check my system mail regularly. > > The application is called Coolmail, it's ca. 1995 (!). > > Besides firing up a mail utility such as mutt, mailx, etc., it has is the > option of playing a sound alert. ie: a system beep through the on-board > hardware's piezo or a sound file through external speakers. > > I cannot seem to get the system beep to be loud enough and the application is > rather dated so it uses OSS drivers, support for which was dropped in around > the 4.15 kernel version. (?) > > My installation has Pulse Audio installed and I've never paid much attention > to it save to raise the main volume when I'm listening to music or watching a > movie, my box does no games. > > In any case, I was unable to get a *.au sound file played as coolmail > complained of not being able to write to /dev/audio which was not present in > my file system. > > After a while I came across a post (sorry, lost the link) that gave > indications for installing the oss-compat package, which I promptly I did. > > Doing so removed osspd-pulseaudio. > And now I have /dev/audio in my system, along with /dev/dsp and /dev/mixer > which were already present: > > ~$ ls -l /dev/ | grep audio > crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 14, 4 Jul 4 15:53 audio > crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 14, 3 Jul 4 15:53 dsp > crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 14, 0 Jul 4 15:53 mixer > ~$ > > Now the *.au file coolmail could not play is played but unrecognizably > distorted even if I drop the volume, so that would not seem to be the cause. > > And I am still getting an error from the application: > > ~$ coolmail -v > Coolmail 1.3 watching file: /var/spool/mail/groucho > Coolmail: Error writing to /dev/audio. > --- snip --- > :~$ > > The file plays normally via Audacious, VLC and aplay: > > ~$ aplay -v /home/groucho/Downloads/ding.au > Playing Sparc Audio '/home/groucho/Downloads/ding.au' : Signed 16 bit Big > Endian, Rate 48000 Hz, Stereo > ALSA <-> PulseAudio PCM I/O Plugin > Its setup is: > stream : PLAYBACK > access : RW_INTERLEAVED > format : S16_BE > subformat : STD > channels : 2 > rate : 48000 > exact rate : 48000 (48000/1) > msbits : 16 > buffer_size : 24000 > period_size : 6000 > period_time : 125000 > tstamp_mode : NONE > tstamp_type : GETTIMEOFDAY > period_step : 1 > avail_min : 6000 > period_event : 0 > start_threshold : 24000 > stop_threshold : 24000 > silence_threshold: 0 > silence_size : 0 > boundary : 6755399441055744000 > ~$ > > I did find a post from back in 1999 with the same problem but it never > received a follow up. > > http://www.linuxmisc.com/5-linux-hardware/5cb2489886e85949.htm > > Any idea on how to fix this? > > Thanks in advance, > > JHM > _______________________________________________ > xorg@lists.x.org: X.Org support > Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg > Info: https://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg > Your subscription address: %(user_address)s > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- Carsten Haitzler - ras...@rasterman.com _______________________________________________ xorg@lists.x.org: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: https://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: %(user_address)s
