On Tuesday 27 February 2007 00:14, Jesús Guerrero wrote:
> El Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:53:54 +0100
>
> Alex Schuster <wonko@wonkology.org> escribió:
> > Mick writes:
> > > How am I supposed to specify sox?  /usr/bin/sox doesn't play any
> > > sound.
> >
> > Have a look at this "Do I really need aRts?" thread, in the middle it
> > says:
> >
> >  "now, copy this script into /usr/bin/Ksplay:
> >
> >    #! /bin/sh
> >    sox "$@" -v 1.0 -q -t alsa default &
> >
> >   emerge sox to get an external sound player for
> >   kdm events. Go into the control center, click
> >   system notifications and click "player settings"
> >   near the bottom. Click "use external player"
> >   and then type /usr/bin/Ksplay.
> >  "
> >
> > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-526080-highlight-arts.html
> >
> > 	Alex
>
> Alternatively you can just use the script "/usr/bin/play", included in
> the sox package.

Cool! I seem to have missed this in man sox.  It plays system sounds now 
nicely.

Thank you for your help.
-- 
Regards,
Mick