[ANNOUNCE] Sound theming/naming specs, libcanberra 0.1

Heya!

I promised this a while back, and finally I fulfill my promise: I
now released a first version of 'libcanberra', an API that I suggest as
new event souund infrastructure for free desktops.

Also, Marc-Andre and I updated the sound theming/naming specs, on
which libcanberra is based.

Instead of repeating here what I already wrote on my blog a few
minutes ago, I'd like to ask you to just read all the details directly
there:

http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/sixfold-announcement.html

I'd like to know what the KDE people think about this, and if there's
a chance to get them onto the boat for both the specs and libcanberra
itself. I'lll write them a longer email shortly.

Lennart

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Annoying beeps

Hi everyone,

I recently installed a new system and got almost deaf by my laptop's
annoying beep of the pc speaker. There are a lot of ways to disable
it, but shouldn't this get fixed in the right way?

I can't help but image showing a brand new Linux system to a bunch of
people with Compiz, and all these video and audio capabilities,
virtualizing Windows and what not, but hit backspace in the wrong
location and BEEP! Straight to the 80's.

Shouldn't something in GNOME map XBeep or whatever to something more
appropriate?

Best regards.

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Felipe Contreras

Re: Annoying beeps

On Tue, 2008-06-17 at 17:59 +0300, Felipe Contreras wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I recently installed a new system and got almost deaf by my laptop's
> annoying beep of the pc speaker. There are a lot of ways to disable
> it, but shouldn't this get fixed in the right way?
> 
> I can't help but image showing a brand new Linux system to a bunch of
> people with Compiz, and all these video and audio capabilities,
> virtualizing Windows and what not, but hit backspace in the wrong
> location and BEEP! Straight to the 80's.
> 
> Shouldn't something in GNOME map XBeep or whatever to something more
> appropriate?

rmmod pcspkr

Cheers

Re: Annoying beeps

On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 6:02 PM, Bastien Nocera <hadess <at> hadess.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-06-17 at 17:59 +0300, Felipe Contreras wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I recently installed a new system and got almost deaf by my laptop's
>> annoying beep of the pc speaker. There are a lot of ways to disable
>> it, but shouldn't this get fixed in the right way?
>>
>> I can't help but image showing a brand new Linux system to a bunch of
>> people with Compiz, and all these video and audio capabilities,
>> virtualizing Windows and what not, but hit backspace in the wrong
>> location and BEEP! Straight to the 80's.
>>
>> Shouldn't something in GNOME map XBeep or whatever to something more
>> appropriate?
>
> rmmod pcspkr

Again; there are a lot of ways to disable it, but shouldn't this get
fixed in the right way?

 * In Sound Prefereneces -> System Beep -> Disable system beep
 * xset b 0
 * rmmod pcspkr

Of all these, only one is user-friendly, and it doesn't work in my
system. It doesn't surprise me, who would test such a thing?

I would guess 90% of the people disable it, so why is it enabled by
default in the first place?

Re: Annoying beeps

Felipe Contreras schrieb:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I recently installed a new system and got almost deaf by my laptop's
> annoying beep of the pc speaker. There are a lot of ways to disable
> it, but shouldn't this get fixed in the right way?
> 
> I can't help but image showing a brand new Linux system to a bunch of
> people with Compiz, and all these video and audio capabilities,
> virtualizing Windows and what not, but hit backspace in the wrong
> location and BEEP! Straight to the 80's.
> 
> Shouldn't something in GNOME map XBeep or whatever to something more
> appropriate?
> 
> Best regards.
> 

PulseAudio can replace it with any sound.

Stefan

RELEASE: GStreamer Python Bindings 0.10.12 'A Wild Finish'

This mail announces the release of GStreamer Python Bindings 0.10.12 'A Wild Finish'.

GStreamer Python Bindings is a set of Python bindings for GStreamer, using
the same system as PyGTK.
It also comes with a number of examples.

For more information, see http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/modules/gst-python.html
To file bugs, go to http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=GStreamer&component=gst-python

Release notes for GStreamer Python bindings 0.10.12 "A Wild Finish"

The GStreamer team is proud to announce a new release
in the 0.10.x stable series of the
GStreamer Python Bindings.

The 0.10.x series is a stable series targeted at end users.
It is not API or ABI compatible with the stable 0.8.x series.
It is, however, parallel installable with the 0.8.x series.

Features of this release

      * Build fixes
      * make gst.Fraction do simplification like GstFraction does in C
      * Wrap gst_type_find_register
      * Various bug-fixes

Bugs fixed in this release

RELEASE: GStreamer 0.10.20 'You Crazy Diamond'

This mail announces the release of GStreamer 0.10.20 'You Crazy Diamond'.

GStreamer is a streaming media framework that allows the construction of
graphs of elements which operate on media data.
Applications using this library can do anything from real-time sound processing
over playing video to capturing audio, video, and even other types of media
data.
Its architecture allows for adding new data types or processing capabilities
simply by installing new plug-ins.
GStreamer is the core module, containing libraries, headers, the basic object
hierarchy, and a set of media-agnostic core elements.

For more information, see http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/modules/gstreamer.html
To file bugs, go to http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=GStreamer&component=gstreamer+%28core%29

Release notes for GStreamer 0.10.20 "You Crazy Diamond"

The GStreamer team is proud to announce a new release
in the 0.10.x stable series of the
core of the GStreamer streaming media framework.

The 0.10.x series is a stable series targeted at end users.
It is not API or ABI compatible with the stable 0.8.x series.
It is, however, parallel installable with the 0.8.x series.

The 0.10.x series has been reworked for threadsafety.  It also features
various feature additions and enhancements.

RELEASE: GStreamer Base Plug-ins 0.10.20 'Here I Go Again'

This mail announces the release of GStreamer Base Plug-ins 0.10.20 'Here I Go Again'.

GStreamer Base Plug-ins is a well-groomed and well-maintained collection of
GStreamer plug-ins and elements, spanning the range of possible types of
elements one would want to write for GStreamer.  It also contains helper
libraries and base classes useful for writing elements.
A wide range of video and audio decoders, encoders, and filters are included.

For more information, see http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/modules/gst-plugins-base.html
To file bugs, go to http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=GStreamer&component=gst-plugins-base

Release notes for GStreamer Base Plug-ins 0.10.20 "Here I Go Again"

The GStreamer team is proud to announce a new release
in the 0.10.x stable series of the
GStreamer Base Plug-ins.

The 0.10.x series is a stable series targeted at end users.
It is not API or ABI compatible with the stable 0.8.x series.
It is, however, parallel installable with the 0.8.x series.

This module contains a set of reference plugins, base classes for other
plugins, and helper libraries.

This module is kept up-to-date together with the core developments.  Element
writers should look at the elements in this module as a reference for
their development.

Re: Annoying beeps

On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 8:36 PM, Stefan Kost <ensonic <at> hora-obscura.de> wrote:
> Felipe Contreras schrieb:
>>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I recently installed a new system and got almost deaf by my laptop's
>> annoying beep of the pc speaker. There are a lot of ways to disable
>> it, but shouldn't this get fixed in the right way?
>>
>> I can't help but image showing a brand new Linux system to a bunch of
>> people with Compiz, and all these video and audio capabilities,
>> virtualizing Windows and what not, but hit backspace in the wrong
>> location and BEEP! Straight to the 80's.
>>
>> Shouldn't something in GNOME map XBeep or whatever to something more
>> appropriate?
>>
>> Best regards.
>>
>
> PulseAudio can replace it with any sound.

Cool, but what if the system doesn't have PulseAudio?

--

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Felipe Contreras

Re: Annoying beeps

hi,

Felipe Contreras schrieb:
> On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 8:36 PM, Stefan Kost <ensonic <at> hora-obscura.de> wrote:
>   
>> Felipe Contreras schrieb:
>>     
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> I recently installed a new system and got almost deaf by my laptop's
>>> annoying beep of the pc speaker. There are a lot of ways to disable
>>> it, but shouldn't this get fixed in the right way?
>>>
>>> I can't help but image showing a brand new Linux system to a bunch of
>>> people with Compiz, and all these video and audio capabilities,
>>> virtualizing Windows and what not, but hit backspace in the wrong
>>> location and BEEP! Straight to the 80's.
>>>
>>> Shouldn't something in GNOME map XBeep or whatever to something more
>>> appropriate?
>>>
>>> Best regards.
>>>
>>>       
>> PulseAudio can replace it with any sound.
>>     
>
> Cool, but what if the system doesn't have PulseAudio?
>
>