Re: MOL cuts off Sound for everybody else?

[Anne et Bertrand]

Le 2002.07.13 20:14, Ben Reser a écrit :
> On Sat, Jul 13, 2002 at 12:35:40PM +, Isaac wrote:
> > Anybody else get this one?
> >
> > While MOL (Mac-On-Linux) is running, only the Mac in a sandbox is
> able to
> >  play sounds. Linux apps can play sound again only after shutting
> down the
> >  Mac.
> >
> > Odd, but not important: Sometimes there are some sounds that seem to
> be
> > "queued up" and all play at once when MOL quits.
> 
> Not odd.  If you enable sound in MOL you're giving the MacOS control
> of
> the sound hardware.  Thus linux can't play sounds.

It was the case when mol only delivered sound to /dev/dsp.

But mol-0.9.64 can now use esd (see in /etc/mol/molrc.macos). I didn't 
test, but I think it can know share sound access with gnome.
Do I fail ?

Bertrand Dekoninck

Re: MOL cuts off Sound for everybody else?

[Ben Reser]

On Sat, Jul 13, 2002 at 12:35:40PM +, Isaac wrote:
> Anybody else get this one?
> 
> While MOL (Mac-On-Linux) is running, only the Mac in a sandbox is able to
>  play sounds. Linux apps can play sound again only after shutting down the
>  Mac.
> 
> Odd, but not important: Sometimes there are some sounds that seem to be
> "queued up" and all play at once when MOL quits.

Not odd.  If you enable sound in MOL you're giving the MacOS control of
the sound hardware.  Thus linux can't play sounds.

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