I just installed Slackware 9.1 on my desktop and I'm a newbie to
slackware. I installed my favorite solitaire game pysol. I got it to work
after a little fiddling with it but I can't get the sound server to work.
Has anyone managed to install pysol with the sound server?

* Ed LaBonte <edNO@SPAMlabonte.com> writes:

> Has anyone managed to install pysol with the sound server?

Yes.

I can't tell you more than that because it "just worked" first time.
And besides, you didn't ask for anything else. :-P

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On Fri, 16 Apr 2004 07:16:35 +1000, Steve Youngs wrote:

> * Ed LaBonte <edNO@SPAMlabonte.com> writes:
>
> > Has anyone managed to install pysol with the sound server?
>
> Yes.
>
> I can't tell you more than that because it "just worked" first time.
> And besides, you didn't ask for anything else. :-P

Point taken, did you install the sound server from the source code or from
the rpm package? Where did you install pysol itself? What versions did you
install?

And thanks.

* Ed LaBonte <edNO@SPAMlabonte.com> writes:

> On Fri, 16 Apr 2004 07:16:35 +1000, Steve Youngs wrote:
>> * Ed LaBonte <edNO@SPAMlabonte.com> writes:

>> > Has anyone managed to install pysol with the sound server?

>> Yes.

> did you install the sound server from the source code or from the
> rpm package?

Source.

> Where did you install pysol itself?

/usr/local/games/pysol-4.81

And `pysolsoundserver.so' is in...

/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages

> What versions did you install?

4.81 and probably a few before that (My wife's been playing pysol
games for quite a while). I see that 4.82 has been out for a while, I
wonder if I should update?

> And thanks.

You're welcome.

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On Sat, 17 Apr 2004 07:46:26 +1000, Steve Youngs wrote:


> > did you install the sound server from the source code or from the
> > rpm package?
>
> Source.
>

This is really frustrating. I simply can't get it to compile. I run
../configure and then make and it comes up with a bunch of errors. I don't
know what I'm doing wrong...

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On Sat, 17 Apr 2004 07:46:26 +1000, Steve wrote:
> * Ed LaBonte <edNO@SPAMlabonte.com> writes:
>
> > On Fri, 16 Apr 2004 07:16:35 +1000, Steve Youngs wrote:

> > What versions did you install?
>
> 4.81 and probably a few before that (My wife's been playing pysol
> games for quite a while). I see that 4.82 has been out for a while, I
> wonder if I should update?
>

If you update to 4.82, save a copy of the 4.81 'cardset-standard' it
doesn't seem to be in the 4.82 version. In my opinion, it is the
easiest one on my eyes.

Brad




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* Bradley Reed <bradreed@NOSPAMcomcast.net> writes:

> On Sat, 17 Apr 2004 07:46:26 +1000, Steve wrote:
>> I see that 4.82 has been out for a while, I wonder if I should
>> update?

> If you update to 4.82, save a copy of the 4.81 'cardset-standard' it
> doesn't seem to be in the 4.82 version.

Ah, OK. Thanks for the heads up.

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* Ed LaBonte <edNO@SPAMlabonte.com> writes:

> On Sat, 17 Apr 2004 07:46:26 +1000, Steve Youngs wrote:
>> * Ed LaBonte <edNO@SPAMlabonte.com> writes:
>> > did you install the sound server from the source code or from the
>> > rpm package?

>> Source.

> This is really frustrating. I simply can't get it to compile. I
> run ./configure and then make and it comes up with a bunch of
> errors. I don't know what I'm doing wrong...

Perhaps if you post the errors someone might be able to help...

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On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 08:17:43 +1000, Steve Youngs wrote:

> * Ed LaBonte <edNO@SPAMlabonte.com> writes:
>
> > On Sat, 17 Apr 2004 07:46:26 +1000, Steve Youngs wrote:
> >> * Ed LaBonte <edNO@SPAMlabonte.com> writes:
> >> > did you install the sound server from the source code or from the
> >> > rpm package?
>
> >> Source.
>
> > This is really frustrating. I simply can't get it to compile. I
> > run ./configure and then make and it comes up with a bunch of
> > errors. I don't know what I'm doing wrong...
>
> Perhaps if you post the errors someone might be able to help...

I got it. After looking closer at the error messages I noticed that it
was looking for smpeg which wasn't installed. I downloaded and installed
that and then the sound server compiled.

One little glitch happens when I configure the sound properties, pysol
crashes when I close the dialog box. But when I restart it the properties
are changed, so I can live with it.

When I had installed pysol under Fedora Core, the sound effects were
delayed about a second or more. A card would be dealt out and a second
later I'd hear the sound effect. It bothered me so much I had to turn off
the sound effects.

Anyway thanks for listening to me whine...