Calendar reminder sound in Icedove

Calendar reminder sound in Icedove

[Daniel Hatton]

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I'm having trouble with Icedove [not minimal] on Guix failing to play a 
sound with calendar reminders (setting is to play the default sound). 
When a calendar reminder pops up on screen, Icedove prints the following 
to STDERR:

	console.error: Calendar:
	  Error playing alarm sound: [Exception... "Component returned 	
	failure code: 0x80040111 (NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE)
	[nsISound.play]"  nsresult: "0x80040111
	(NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE)"  location: "JS frame ::
	resource:///modules/CalAlarmMonitor.jsm :: onAlarm :: line 125"
	data: no]

Any suggestions for getting it to work, please?

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Kind regards,

Dan Hatton

		Dr. Daniel C. Hatton

E-mail:		<dan.hatton@btinternet.com>

SIP:		<dan.hatton@sip.linphone.org>
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Re: Calendar reminder sound in Icedove

[Ekaitz Zarraga]

On 2024-09-24 19:02, Daniel Hatton wrote:
> 
> I'm having trouble with Icedove [not minimal] on Guix failing to play a 
> sound with calendar reminders (setting is to play the default sound). 
> When a calendar reminder pops up on screen, Icedove prints the following 
> to STDERR:
> 
>      console.error: Calendar:
>        Error playing alarm sound: [Exception... "Component returned
>      failure code: 0x80040111 (NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE)
>      [nsISound.play]"  nsresult: "0x80040111
>      (NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE)"  location: "JS frame ::
>      resource:///modules/CalAlarmMonitor.jsm :: onAlarm :: line 125"
>      data: no]
> 
> Any suggestions for getting it to work, please?
> 
I don't know what to do about it, but I just want to say I reproduced 
this issue.

We should take a look.

Thanks for reporting

Re: Calendar reminder sound in Icedove

[Steve George]

On 24 Sep, Daniel Hatton wrote:
> 
> I'm having trouble with Icedove [not minimal] on Guix failing to play a
> sound with calendar reminders (setting is to play the default sound). When a
> calendar reminder pops up on screen, Icedove prints the following to STDERR:
> 
> 	console.error: Calendar:
> 	  Error playing alarm sound: [Exception... "Component returned 	
> 	failure code: 0x80040111 (NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE)
> 	[nsISound.play]"  nsresult: "0x80040111
> 	(NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE)"  location: "JS frame ::
> 	resource:///modules/CalAlarmMonitor.jsm :: onAlarm :: line 125"
> 	data: no]
> 
> Any suggestions for getting it to work, please?
> 

Hi Daniel,

Do other desktop sounds work generally?

I could find some Google references to it only working with some sound files. There's a customise option in Edit->Settings->Calendar. You could try changing that to an Ogg [0]

Futurile / Steve

[0] https://www.reddit.com/r/Thunderbird/comments/o6j9jv/receiving_a_sound_notification_from_thunderbird/

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[Daniel Hatton]

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On 25/09/2024 06:41, Steve George wrote:

> Do other desktop sounds work generally?

Thanks, Steve.  Yes, I get the Gnome desktop alert sound when I try to 
backspace past the beginning of the line or tab-complete something with 
multiple possible completions in a Gnome terminal window, and I can 
successfully customize that sound via Gnome settings -> Sound.  I also 
get a sort of horse's-hooves sound when I plug in or unplug the AC adapter.

> I could find some Google references to it only working with some sound files. There's a customise option in Edit->Settings->Calendar. You could try changing that to an Ogg [0]

Tried with an Ogg (Vorbis).  Same result.  I've checked, and vlc can 
successfully play the Ogg.

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Kind regards,

Dan Hatton

		Dr. Daniel C. Hatton

E-mail:		<dan.hatton@btinternet.com>

SIP:		<dan.hatton@sip.linphone.org>
Signal:		dch.28




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