[Techtalk] secret processes?

[Tracey C]

>
> heya,
>
> I'm not using Ubuntu, this is a Debian machine running KDE 3.5. I have
> volume
> controls, that's not the problem.The problem is I can't stop the playback
> of
> the music file, and it disturbs me to not see a process for it. It is
> un-Linux to not be able to track this sort of thing down!
>
> Carla
>

Agreed, this is not very Linux like. Offhand, I don't know what process
pidgin calls by default. I know you can change Pidgin to specifically call
the sound server of your choice, giving you control over the process. I
googled & found a description of how to do it with screenshots:

http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com/2007/09/pidgin-sound-notifications.html

Basically, in Pidgin go to Preferences - Sound. At the top, set the Method
to "command". You can then use something like "aplay -q %s". Hope that helps
:)

Tracey