Comment 6 for bug 179095

Thank you for your email.

I have installed the 32 bit version. Flac files now play OK but there
are still no system sounds - e.g. Logon or Logoff. Sounds will not
play from the sounds preferences menu.

Best widhes

Rod Jones

On 29/12/2007, Stanley Sokolow <email address hidden> wrote:
> I'm running Ubuntu 8.04 alpha-2 for i386 32-bit desktop on my testing
> machine. I found a web page with links to flac music files for testing:
> http://ff123.net/samples.html . I clicked on a link there. Ubuntu
> popped up a window asking for permission to open it in Movie Player,
> which I accepted. The player asked for permission to download the
> missing codec, which I approved and it did. The flac file played
> perfectly. (I have elsewhere reported that system sounds and midi files
> don't play sound but .ogg and flash videos do play sound on my system.)
>
> >From what I've seen in other users' comments, the 64-bit versions of
> Linux are not as well supported with drivers and codecs as the 32-bit
> version, so many users have said they will stay with the 32-bit releases
> on their x64 64-bit-capable computers until the situation improves. If
> you do re-install Ubuntu with the i386 version, please add a comment
> here to report the results with your flac files.
>
> Stan
>
> ------------
> On Sat, 2007-12-29 at 14:51 +0000, Roderic Jones wrote:
> > Thank you for your email.
> >
> > I am sorry to say that there is no sound at all. I have a large
> > collection of flac files and these do not play. Incidentally I
> > installed the 64 bit version fromn the alt cd
> >
> > Rod Jones
> >
> > On 29/12/2007, Stanley Sokolow <email address hidden> wrote:
> > > Do you have sound when playing the Examples .ogg files? See comments
> > > by Stanley Sokolow (me) in bug #162336 . Do they describe your
> > > problem?
> > >
> > > --
> > > No sound with Audigy card in Hardy Heron - works OK in Gutsy. Card recognised by "sound Preferences"
> > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/179095
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> > > of the bug.
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Roderic Jones
> >
>
> --
> No sound with Audigy card in Hardy Heron - works OK in Gutsy. Card recognised by "sound Preferences"
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/179095
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>

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Roderic Jones

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