[Xastir] audio alarms

[Curt, WE7U]

On Tue, 22 Feb 2005, Curt, WE7U wrote:

>     cd /usr/local/share/xastir/sounds
>     /opt/kde3/bin/noatun bandopen.wav
>
> Should result in audio being played.  Check your mixer settings to
> make sure your volume is set properly.
>
> Put this into the configuration dialog:
>
>     /opt/kde3/bin/noatun
>
> On my systems I have "/usr/bin/play" instead.  I don't have an audio
> output device to test it with at present to make sure the current
> Xastir does audio properly.  Can someone else shed some light on
> this?

It looks to me like "noatun" is a graphical application, and it
might wait for you to press the play button in this case.  "play" is
a command-line application and just plays the sound file immediately
and then exits.

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