Well, it seems to depend on the VM.  If the snd_Start() routine reports
failure, then normally all is fine.  However, certain versions of the
Unix VM will report success in snd_Start(), even if sound isn't
available, and this ultimately leads to trouble.


At a guess, one could fix this by having snd_Start() return "false" in
sqUnixSound.c, in the case that you don't have OSS available.


-Lex



Bruce ONeel <beoneel at mindspring.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>   Oh, this is pretty nice straight out of the box :-)
> 
> My one wish would be to do something better when Squeak
> tries to play a sound and the OS can't support it rather than 
> hanging.  This is going to catch a lot of unix users out.
> 
> cheers
> 
> bruce
> 
> Scott Wallace <Scott.Wallace at disney.com> wrote:
> > We're seeking opinions about the out-of-the-box settings of various 
> > preferences and parameters in Squeak 3.0.
> > 
> > One consideration is whether or not the browsers and other tools 
> > should, by default, show the optional annotation panes and button 
> > panes.
> > 
> > My sense is that many people do prefer to use these panes if they 
> > know about them.  Some long-time Smalltalkers don't like them, and 
> > many newcomers don't know of them, but a preponderance of us fall 
> > between those two extremes and do use them.  So my inclination is to 
> > have the ancillary panes showing by default.  Certainly anyone who 
> > proactively did *not* want them would have no difficulty in turning 
> > them off in Preferences.
> > 
> > (Incidentally, I think that before too long -- but after 3.0 -- we 
> > will have controls that allow optional panes to be added and removed 
> > on-the-fly in any window, just as they can in any modern web browser. 
> > When this comes along, this should give us the best of both worlds, 
> > and it will reduce the importance of whatever choice we make right 
> > now regarding the optional panes.)
> > 
> > Everyone with opinions to register regarding the out-of-box settings 
> > of these two preferences, or those of any other preference, 
> > parameter, project color, default object size, default font, etc.: 
> > this would be a good time to make yourselves heard.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> >   -- Scott