From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from badboy.mail.pas.earthlink.net ([207.217.120.20]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19UiBK-00080c-00 for ; Tue, 24 Jun 2003 03:25:34 -0400 Received: from falcon.mail.pas.earthlink.net (falcon.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.74]) by badboy.mail.pas.earthlink.net (8.11.6+Sun/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h5O6t6K14116 for ; Mon, 23 Jun 2003 23:55:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from user-0cej0ga.cable.mindspring.com ([24.233.130.10] helo=lpwh1.pwh.com) by falcon.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 19Uhhp-0003pG-00 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Mon, 23 Jun 2003 23:55:05 -0700 Received: from lpwh1.pwh.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lpwh1.pwh.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h5O6t0Sh030941 for ; Tue, 24 Jun 2003 02:55:00 -0400 Received: (from kroot@localhost) by lpwh1.pwh.com (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id h5O6sxs2030940 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Tue, 24 Jun 2003 02:54:59 -0400 From: philwh@gate.net Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 02:54:59 -0400 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: zinf problems Message-ID: <20030624025459.A30937@lpwh1.earthlink.net> References: <20030621230240.A4211@lpwh1.earthlink.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from kirk@braille.uwo.ca on Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 06:10:44AM -0400 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi. Many thanks Kirk. your work paid off for me, zinf is now working using the kernel sound driver. phil On Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 06:10:44AM -0400, Kirk Reiser wrote: > I cannot speak to the alsa driver working or not working but decided > to get to the bottom of the no sound problem in zinf. The bug reports > filed with debian and the zinf web site are less than helpful. > > So the answer is easy and absolutely not obvious, in the preferences > file in the .zinf directory of your home directory there is a variable > softmix. It is set to true by default. Setting softmix to false will > clear up the zinf non-sound problem. > > How I finally discovered the answer is a long story but it involved > compiling and debugging and other usual bug hunting bullshit. All > that for a nice simple little fix. > > Kirk > > -- > > Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility > e-mail: kirk@braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario > phone: (519) 661-3061 > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup