On Tuesday 27 February 2007 06:54, Mick wrote:
> 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.

Blast! I spoke too soon.  It /usr/bin/play plays system sounds fine, by alsa 
will not mix them if e.g. amarok is playing in the background.  It's either 
one or the other.  Do I need to rebuild kdelibs without arts for it to work?  
This should really be simpler.
-- 
Regards,
Mick