On 07/16/2016 09:57 PM, Tom Russo wrote: > On Sat, Jul 16, 2016 at 09:44:07PM -0400, we recorded a bogon-computron > collision of the <[email protected]> flavor, containing: >>>>> play formats: can't open input file >>>>> `/usr/share/xastir/sounds//usr/share/sounds/KDE-Im-Sms.ogg': No such >>>>> file or directory >>>> Paths in Xastir are *always* relative to the Xastir share directory. You >>>> can't specify absolute paths in any of Xastir's config (maps, symbols, >>>> sounds, >>>> etc.) >>>> >>>> The behavior you describe is what's expected. Put your sounds files in >>>> /usr/share/xastir/sounds, >> Shouldn't this be /usr/local/share/xastir/sounds ??? >> >> My system is not letting me do anything in /usr/share even as root. > Depends completely on what system you have and how you install Xastir. > > Most packaged Xastir builds (and apparently the one David Ranch is using) > generally put Xastir and its share directory under /usr. > > Hand-rolled source builds of Xastir put it under /usr/local unless told > to do otherwise. >
Ah yes, just hacked away enough cobwebs. I am running an install from source pulled from Git as I used to run from CVS so I have a slight bit of tunnel vision regarding file structures. Thank you for helping to clear the cobwebs. _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir
