Re: Sound

Bryan Feir wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 18, 2006 at 02:21:02PM -0400, sean wrote:
>> Hello All,
>>
>> 	I recall there was a module to install to get sound for Window Maker,
>> would anyone fill me in on the name of the module I need to install?
> 
>    There are two possible modules for this, wmsound and wsoundserver.  I
> believe the latter is more recently updated.  Both use the same package
> for the sound itself, wmsound-data.  Both of them, however, are listed
> as not working at all on amd64 in the Gentoo portage tree.
> 
>    I'm running a few tests; wsoundserver set off a sandbox violation
> when it tried to install, but wmsound at least played the 'I am a
> penguin' startup sound.
> 
>> While I am on the sound topic I am trying to find a dock app that will
>> let me control volume.
>> I know there are several out there, I have checked, but I am trying to
>> run this app on Gentoo amd64, and the ones listed appear not to be
>> available or stable on the platform.
>>
>> Any Gentoo amd64 users here who may have solved the problem?
> 
>    I use wmix on Gentoo amd64 with no problems.  It may not be listed as
> stable, but I suspect that's just because nobody has reported it that
> way.  Which, obviously, I also have not done, now that I think about it.
> However, it works just fine for me.
> 

Thanks Bryan,

	As I mentioned in another email, if I can just figure out Gentoo's
masking and keywords methods, I will try it out.

			Thanks,
			Sean



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