xPilot version 52| can't hear any audio alerts

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(all audio alert options are enabled) While flying I don’t receive audio alerts, private messages, direct messages or even people sending messages on frequency. I can hear and speak on the frequency but not receive audio alerts. I got the audio alert to work for 1 flight, but unsure of how I did it. After that flight didn’t receive audio alerts.

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I do have the exact same issue, trying to see elsewhere on the web if there’s a solution for that problem. Using linux mint cinnamon

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Did you guys managed to find the issue? I’m also facing the same thing. I can speak to ATC but no notification sounds.

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I have the same issue. Works on MS client but not Linux.

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I have been facing the same issue on Linux. It is somehow about the packaging that the audio files are not found. As a workaround I am using this:

#! /bin/bash

# saner programming env: these switches turn some bugs into errors
set -o errexit -o pipefail -o noclobber -o nounset

dir="$HOME/.local/share/org.vatsim.xpilot"

printf "Starting %s\n" "$0"
paplay "$dir"/Sounds/NewMessage.wav

while true; do
        tail -n 0 -f "$dir"/NetworkLogs/* | grep -Eq '<<< #T[^:]*:[^@]'
        paplay "$dir"/Sounds/NewMessage.wav
done

It monitors the log and plays a sound (make sure the file is there – you can get it from https://github.com/xpilot-project/xpilot/raw/refs/heads/master/client/Resources/Sounds/NewMessage.wav) when a private message (for example a “Contact me”) is received. It requires paplay.

This is the issue in the tracker: Notification issue · Issue #222 · xpilot-project/xpilot · GitHub