Can someone tell me how the mail notification sound is supposed to work
on Linux? I haven't found any bugreport or document that describes the
expected behavior clearly.
It seems like Mozilla for Linux only uses the system beep (i.e. the
internal speaker) for mail notification. Unfortunately my machine
(Compaq Presario 5320US) has no internal speaker (apparently a lot of
the new Presarios don't) so I have no audio notification whatsoever when
mail arrives.
I tried setting my prefs file like so:
user_pref("mail.biff.play_sound",true);
user_pref("mail.biff.use_default_sound", false);
user_pref("mail.biff.sound_file",
"/usr/share/sounds/KDE_Dialog_Disappear.wav");
user_pref("mail.biff.default_sound_url","/usr/share/sounds/KDE_Dialog_Disappear.wav");
but I still can't hear anything. All my other apps can play sounds fine.
My question: are my prefs modifications futile because Linux Mozilla
always uses the internal speaker? Or do I need to fine-tune my prefs?
(System details:
-RedHat 7.2
-Gnome Workstation
-Mozilla builds 0.9.7, 0.9.8, 2002021513, various nightlies over the
past couple of months)
Michael
