[gutsy] no sound alert on new mail in evolution

[Re Alvarez]

recently upgraded to gutsy and now evolution doesnt play sound on new mail notification..

other sounds are working fine...like i can listen to mp3 and pidgin notification work fine....

i can play my sound alert file in totem fine....

this thing was working on feisty....

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. May you tell us what is the output of : gconftool-2 -g /apps/evolution/mail/notify/sound ; thanks in advance.

[Re Alvarez (re-alvz)]

with today's update
linux-headers-generic (2.6.22.9.10) to 2.6.22.10.11
linux-image-generic (2.6.22.9.10) to 2.6.22.10.11
linux-libc-dev (2.6.22-9.25) to 2.6.22-10.30
linux-restricted-modules-common (2.6.22.2-9.8) to 2.6.22.3-10.1

I have lost my sound completely....along with WIFI....

here are some clues
ralvarez@ralvarez-laptop:~$ lspci | grep Audio
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
ralvarez@ralvarez-laptop:~$ lspci | grep 3945
05:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02)

i Dont know should i put in another bug for this?

[Re Alvarez (re-alvz)]

BTW here's what you needed...
ralvarez@ralvarez-laptop:~$ gconftool-2 -g /apps/evolution/mail/notify/sound
/home/ralvarez/.evolution/Message_1.ogg

thanks

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

For the other bug (no sound et all) please open another bug report if there isn't one similar to your, you can read about debugging sound problems here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DebuggingSoundProblems , thanks.

[Re Alvarez (re-alvz)]

Ok so now i have my sound in the latest kernel back... but evolution is still without audio new email alert...any ideas?

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Do you still get this issue?

[CannyDuck (cannyduck-websention)]

The problem is still present in Gutsy.

[Re Alvarez (re-alvz)]

You get the sound alert if you use a WAV file...but no other format
works.

-----Original Message-----
From: Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden>
Reply-To: Bug 134214 <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: [Bug 134214] Re: [gutsy] no sound alert on new mail in
evolution
Date: Sun, 07 Oct 2007 12:37:32 -0000

** Changed in: evolution (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => New

[Ilya Barygin (randomaction)]

Gutsy, Evolution 2.12.1.

When I change my settings to sound notification, nothing happens on new mail arrival.

But specifying /usr/share/example-content/ubuntu\ Sax.ogg as the custom sound to be played produces noise when the mail arrives (the contents of the file must be misinterpreted).

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

could you try if that's still an issue in hardy?

[clflyer (clflyer)]

It was fixed by editing the plugin Mail Notification.
Bill
On Wed, 2008-07-30 at 13:05 +0000, Sebastien Bacher wrote:
> could you try if that's still an issue in hardy?
>
> ** Changed in: evolution (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

what did you edit in the plugin?

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Closing this bug report as no further information has been provided. Please feel free to reopen this bug if you can provide the information asked for. Thanks!.

[Gary (garycai997)]

I have a .wav file, and Evolution can't play it. The (ugly)system beep comes out fine though. I'm listening to music through Sonata, so it's not a sound card problem(I think). If it matters, I'm running a Gnome/Openbox combo.

[clflyer (clflyer)]

Gary,
it is set in one of the plugin settings now. I can't remember which one and I am at work right now, but I can look tonight.
Bill
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-------------- Original message from Gary <email address hidden>: --------------

> I have a .wav file, and Evolution can't play it. The (ugly)system beep
> comes out fine though. I'm listening to music through Sonata, so it's
> not a sound card problem(I think). If it matters, I'm running a
> Gnome/Openbox combo.
>
> --
> [gutsy] no sound alert on new mail in evolution
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/134214
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.

[Gary (garycai997)]

You mean Mail Notification? I've checked that, and chose the file that I wanted to play. But still, nothing. Thanks for helping to look into it.

[clflyer (clflyer)]

I attached a screen shot of my plugin settings.
Hope it helps,
Bill

On Mon, 2008-09-15 at 15:37 +0000, Gary wrote:
> You mean Mail Notification? I've checked that, and chose the file that I
> wanted to play. But still, nothing. Thanks for helping to look into it.
>

[Gary (garycai997)]

That's exactly how mine is setup. What's the file type of your sound file? What size is it?

[clflyer (clflyer)]

On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 01:29 +0000, Gary wrote:
> That's exactly how mine is setup. What's the file type of your sound
> file? What size is it?
>
Here is what I'm using

[Gary (garycai997)]

Everything else for mine is the same except for the fact that it's 1.1Mb. Is there a size limit of the file it can play?

[clflyer (clflyer)]

I don't know about size limits.
Bill

On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 02:34 +0000, Gary wrote:
> Everything else for mine is the same except for the fact that it's
> 1.1Mb. Is there a size limit of the file it can play?
>

[Gary (garycai997)]

I'll have a play with Audacity and see what I get

[Gary (garycai997)]

Nothing works. I've got the file down from 1.1Mb to 34kb, but still nothing. I'm beginning to wonder if it's some sort of decoder or something that I'm missing.

[christianvaldes (aaronvaldes)]

I am having this issue after upgrading to Ubuntu 8.04.
It was working fine before.
Is there any resolution.
I have tried all the configurations.

Does it have something to do with esound?

[christianvaldes (aaronvaldes)]

I did a restart.

System --> Preferences --> Sound

I checked enable software sound mixed (ESD)

My evolution mail sound is working.

[Gary (garycai997)]

That worked! Thank you!

[mykrob (myk-robinson)]

I would like to re-open this for INtrepid, it seems the problem persists. Nothing I do will allow sound to play when a new email is received. It worked on the beta, but after a clean install to the final Intrepid, incoming mail sounds do not work for me.

Help?

thanks

[Mizzel (dang-michel)]

Same problem here. In Interprid there is no button "enable software sound mixed".

I've tried with ogg and wav files < 1mb.

Is there any solution for this bug by now?

[clflyer (clflyer)]

its in the plugins section of evolution. Mail Notification
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-------------- Original message from Mizzel <email address hidden>: --------------

> Same problem here. In Interprid there is no button "enable software
> sound mixed".
>
> I've tried with ogg and wav files < 1mb.
>
> Is there any solution for this bug by now?
>
> --
> [gutsy] no sound alert on new mail in evolution
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/134214
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.