Package: coolmail Version: 1.3-12 Severity: normal Using the available option to play a sound file istead of using the system beep as indicated in the /etc/X11/app-defaults/Coolmail file results in the application playing a highly distorted sound and not the intended *.au file.
ie: --- coolmail.soundFile: /usr/local/bin/sounds/youvegotmail.au --- When run from a terminal with coolmail -v, the application wants to write to /dev/audio but complains about not being able to do it. --- ~$ coolmail -v Coolmail 1.3 watching file: /var/spool/mail/groucho Coolmail: Error writing to /dev/audio. ~$ --- The same file can be properly played by the aplay, VLC and Audacious applications so I think it is safe to conclude that there's not problem with the *.au file being used. My system has ALSA and the alsa-aoss package installed. Starting the application with aoss coolmail -v gets me the same (distorted audio/printout) results. Other texts I have seen online have only make reference to the *.au format, so it would seem that it is what the application expects. All the same, I tried with a *.wav file but got output saying that it is the wrong file format. Thanks in advance, JHM
