zinf problems

Janina Sajka janina at rednote.net
Mon Jun 23 11:09:17 EDT 2003


ops. Sorry folks. I replied to the wrong message. Slippery fingres
<grin>

Janina Sajka writes:
> From: Janina Sajka <janina at rednote.net>
> 
> I wouldn't unless you're already familiar with Pine. If you've not used
> Pine, just skip it and go straight to mutt.
> 
> 
> Kirk Reiser writes:
> > From: Kirk Reiser <kirk at braille.uwo.ca>
> > 
> > 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 at braille.uwo.ca		University of Western Ontario
> > phone: (519) 661-3061
> > 
> > _______________________________________________
> > Speakup mailing list
> > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> 
> -- 
> 	
> 				Janina Sajka, Director
> 				Technology Research and Development
> 				Governmental Relations Group
> 				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
> 
> Email: janina at afb.net		Phone: (202) 408-8175
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup

-- 
	
				Janina Sajka, Director
				Technology Research and Development
				Governmental Relations Group
				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)

Email: janina at afb.net		Phone: (202) 408-8175




More information about the Speakup mailing list