gaim/www

marv suggested this

2003-12-17, Luke Schierer
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Parents 972c7cf2a6b5
Children 624c6f5e4dcb
marv suggested this
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    htdocs/faq.txt
    • --- a/htdocs/faq.txt Mon Dec 15 08:38:39 2003 -0500
    +++ b/htdocs/faq.txt Wed Dec 17 19:18:12 2003 -0500
    @@ -36,27 +36,6 @@
    can find the source and a non-Red Hat specific RPM at <a
    href="http://gtkspell.sourceforge.net/">gtkspell.sourceforge.net</a>.
    -Q: How do I get sound to work correctly?
    -
    -A: Gaim 0.60 and higher support playing sounds via libao. Playing sounds
    -directly through esound or arts is no longer supported.
    -<p>
    - <q>
    - Libao is a cross-platform library that allows programs to output PCM
    - audio data to the native audio devices on a wide variety of platforms. It
    - currently supports OSS (Open Sound System), ESD (ESounD), ALSA (Advanced
    - Linux Sound Architecture), Sun audio system (used in Solaris, OpenBSD,
    - and NetBSD), aRts (Analog Realtime Synthesizer).
    - </q>
    -</p>
    -<p>
    - To compile Gaim with support for libao you need libao-devel and
    - audiofile-devel. To use libao you need libao and audiofile. If you do
    - not wish to install these packages you can also just change your sound
    - playing method in preferences to <code>Command</code> and use "esdplay %s"
    - or "artsplay %s."
    -</p>
    -
    Q: Is there some way I can compile just Gaim, without all of these protocols?
    A: Sort of, yeah. There are actually two ways to do it.
    @@ -191,6 +170,46 @@
    preferences.
    </p>
    +Q: How do I get sound to work correctly?
    +
    +A: Gaim 0.60 and higher support playing sounds via libao. Playing sounds
    +directly through esound or arts is no longer supported.
    +<p>
    + <q>
    + Libao is a cross-platform library that allows programs to output PCM
    + audio data to the native audio devices on a wide variety of platforms. It
    + currently supports OSS (Open Sound System), ESD (ESounD), ALSA (Advanced
    + Linux Sound Architecture), Sun audio system (used in Solaris, OpenBSD,
    + and NetBSD), aRts (Analog Realtime Synthesizer).
    + </q>
    +</p>
    +<p>
    + To compile Gaim with support for libao you need libao-devel and
    + audiofile-devel. To use libao you need libao and audiofile. If you do
    + not wish to install these packages you can also just change your sound
    + playing method in preferences to <code>Command</code> and use "esdplay %s"
    + or "artsplay %s."
    +</p>
    +
    +Q: How do I make Gaim use ALSA or OSS for playing sounds? What does the
    +"Automatic" option do?
    +
    +A: If you choose "Automatic", "ESD", or "Arts", Gaim uses libao to play
    +sounds. Choosing "ESD" or "Arts" forces libao to play sounds using that
    +method, while choosing "Automatic" lets it decide for itself.
    +<p>
    + If you choose Automatc, you can create a file, either
    + /etc/libao.conf or ~/.libao, and put <B>one</B> of the following lines
    + in it:
    + <code>
    + default_driver=alsa
    + default_driver=oss
    + </code>
    + Other drivers, like alsa09, arts, esd, irix, macosx, and sun might also
    + be supported, depending on your platform, and how libao was compiled.
    + See also 'man 5 libao.conf'.
    +</p>
    +
    Q: Why is Gaim crashing when somebody sends me an IM?
    A: If you're using a version older than 0.55 (or Ximian or Debian's 0.54