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   Nicholas Boel to Rich Lawrence   
   Fixing Page SysOp in Mystic Linux   
   03 Jan 17 14:03:42   
   
   Hello Rich,   
      
   On Tue Jan 03 2017 12:37:00, Rich Lawrence wrote to All:   
      
    RL> So if anyone who runs Mystic on Linux knows, the Page SysOp option on   
    RL> the main menu is broken. Choosing it doesn't do anything. While a few   
    RL> folks have done what I have done, I assume, I wanted to just lay out   
    RL> what steps I took for future SysOps or people trying it out, to know   
    RL> how you can get this feature working. So I wrote up a blog post for my   
    RL> BBS blog and wanted to share it here...   
      
    RL> http://wp.me/p4378W-1L   
      
    RL> TL;DR: I installed mpg123 and used the that to play an mp3 of a Star   
    RL> Trek SFX that I made a 30 second loop of, while having Mystic show a   
    RL> box to the user letting them know the Sysop has been paged.   
      
   Since most distributions don't have an all encompassed "default sound" it was   
   never fully filled out with anything - leaving it to the user to choose how   
   they wanted to do it. However the way you did it is definitely the way I would   
   go as well. :)   
      
   Regards,   
   Nick   
      
   ... "Не знаю. Я здесь только работаю."   
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