<br><br><p><DEFANGED_div class="gmail_quote">On Nov 16, 2007 10:46 PM, Michael Mol <<a href="mailto:mikemol@gmail.com">mikemol@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" DEFANGED_style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<p><DEFANGED_div class="Ih2E3d">On Nov 16, 2007 1:50 PM, Justin Popa <<a href="mailto:tehpopa@gmail.com">tehpopa@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> Okay so here's the deal. I switched from Linux to Windows for a couple of<br>> reasons, and really, they were basically dumb reasons that I should be able
<br>> to get around. So here's my thoughts.<br>><br>> The biggest reason I dropped Linux was because of SLI not working(new<br>> motherboard, so not a problem anymore) and Ventrilo. For those who don't
<br>> know, vent is an application that handles voice chat. When a user hits the<br>> 'Push To Talk' button they've configured in the program, the software begins<br>> to stream out the mic audio. In windows this is a simple app, and the push
<br>> to talk button is found using DirectX. In Linux, that's 1 of 2 problems.<br>> Apparently X will only send keypresses to the current targeted application.<br>> Meaning if I'm alt-tabbed into WoW or Firefox, I can't use the PTT button.
<br><br></p><DEFANGED_div>FWIW, I've had no trouble using TeamSpeak on Ubuntu in the past.<br>Makes for a great use for the Windows key, actually. But your friends<br>obviously don't use TeamSpeak.<br><p><DEFANGED_div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
> My thought is this:<br>><br>> 1) Install VMWare over Ubuntu Feisty or Fed 8<br>> 2) Install Ventrilo on the VMWare server<br>> 3) Configure VMWare to use a second sound card for Mic Input and audio<br>> output, then pump the output from there into my 'Linux' audio card so I can
<br>> hear it.<br>> 4) Here's the hard part: set up an app that can copy keypresses from the<br>> mouse /dev device and relay them to the VMWare window.<br></p><DEFANGED_div></blockquote><p><DEFANGED_div><br>How does the app behave, under crossover.
<br> </p><DEFANGED_div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" DEFANGED_style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><p><DEFANGED_div class="Ih2E3d">><br>> I can handle 1-3 no problem, but I don't even know where to start on part 4.
<br>> Anyone ever had to do anything like this?<br><br></p><DEFANGED_div>Sounds awful complicated, but perhaps x2vnc might help with step 4?<br><font color="#888888"><br>--<br>:wq<br>_______________________________________________
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