Re: Play sound with xmailbox

[glhenni@cs.sandia.gov (Gary L. Hennigan)]

Guido Bozzetto <GB@Nauta.it> writes:
| I'm trying to use the sound playing without success.
| How I can play a sound when arrive e new message ?
| I've tried with:
| 
| .Xresources:
| *xmailbox*mailsndfile:  /usr/doc/xmailbox/examples/dingdong.au
| *xmailbox*mailsndcomm:  /usr/bin/play %s
| 
| but I'm hearing only the internal speaker bip.

I think your ~/.Xresources file is incorrect. Try:

xmailbox*mailSndFile:           /usr/doc/xmailbox/examples/dingdong.au
xmailbox*mailSndComm:           cat %s > /dev/audio

The above works fine on my machine.

Don't forget, after you edit your ~/.Xresources file you either have
to logout and back in or use "xrdb ~/.Xresources".

Gary