zinf problems

[philwh at gate.net]

Hi.
Many thanks Kirk.
your work paid off for me, zinf is now working
using the kernel sound driver.

phil

On Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 06:10:44AM -0400, Kirk Reiser wrote:
> 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
> 
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> 
> Kirk Reiser				The Computer Braille Facility
> e-mail: kirk at braille.uwo.ca		University of Western Ontario
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