On Wed, Mar 30, 2005 at 03:27:05PM -0800, Rick Stevens wrote: > Chevee Dodd wrote: > >>>I have the GAIM sounds turned on. > >>>I set the Gnome sound server to "Enable sound > >> > >>server > >> > >>>startup" under Applications -> Preferences -> > >> > >>Sound. > >> > >>>What am I missing? > >> > >>In "Preferences", what do you have the "Sound > >>Method" set to? > > > > > >I don't have a "Sound Method" under Preferences. If I > >go to Preferences -> Sound the dialog box that comes > >up gives me 3 tabs "General" "Sound Events" and > >"System Bell." Under "General" I checked both boxes > >for Enable sound server startup and Sounds for Events. > > Under "Sound Events" is a list of specific events > >that I can set sounds too and under "System Bell" I > >have both boxes checked. > > I meant gaim's preferences--not the system preferences. Bring up > gaim, click on "Preferences" in the login screen (or from one of the > "Tools" drop-down menus) and select "Sounds" there. I use the Automatic > method and it works for me. Have all the channels you can set with alsamixer been set properly? -- ======================================================================= Your password is pitifully obvious. ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University One Trinity Place. San Antonio, TX 78212-7200 telephone: (210)-999-7484 email:akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx