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From: Ming-Che Lee <Ming-Che.Lee@×××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] KDE without aRts?
Date: Sun, 01 Jan 2006 00:10:15
Message-Id: 200601010105.34835.Ming-Che.Lee@gmx.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] KDE without aRts? by Dimitar Toshev
1 Hi,
2
3 Am Sonntag, 1. Januar 2006 00:18 schrieb Dimitar Toshev:
4
5 > On Saturday 31 December 2005 22:49, Ming-Che Lee wrote:
6
7 > > Am Samstag, 31. Dezember 2005 21:27 schrieb Abhay Kedia:
8 > > > Also, I like to use JuK as my audio player and use Skype
9 > > > extensively. Will disabling arts trouble me? Is it a must to
10 > > > run a sound server? Here I would like to mention that I am
11 > > > using an
12 > >
13 > > Skype requires artsd in order to work properly. I think I read
14 > > it somewhere in the installation requirements of Skype. Prior
15 > > to Skype I didn't have artsd enabled in KDE and there were no
16 > > troubles.
17 >.
18 >.
19 > This is why gentoo's ebuild for skype includes a wrapper script
20 > that checks for the presence of artsd or esd and uses artsdsp or
21 > esddsp to start skype, so that software mixing is not lost (if
22 > neither is present skype is started normally). I tried using
23
24 Yes, you are right. Now I can remember where I read about artsd (or
25 other wrapper) for skype - it was the text after emerging skype and
26 not on the skype website. Thanks for the background info!
27
28 Regards,
29
30 Ming-Che Lee
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