bump version to 1.6.2 in pyproject.toml

contact/message_handlers/rx_handler.py

@@ -74,16 +74,26 @@ def play_sound():
             logging.warning("Configured notification sound is unavailable: %s", sound_path)
             return
 
-        executable = "afplay" if platform.system() == "Darwin" else shutil.which("ffplay") or shutil.which("mpg123")
+        executable = "afplay" if platform.system() == "Darwin" else next(
+            (shutil.which(player) for player in ("ffplay", "mpg123", "mpv", "cvlc", "paplay") if shutil.which(player)),
+            None,
+        )
 
         if executable and sound_path:
+            player = os.path.basename(executable)
             cmd = [executable, sound_path]
-            if executable == "ffplay":
+            if player == "ffplay":
                 cmd = [executable, "-nodisp", "-autoexit", sound_path]
+            elif player == "mpv":
+                cmd = [executable, "--no-video", sound_path]
+            elif player == "cvlc":
+                cmd = [executable, "--play-and-exit", sound_path]
 
             subprocess.run(cmd, check=True, stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL)
             return
-        logging.warning("No suitable sound player found for notification sound")
+        logging.warning(
+            "No suitable sound player found for notification sound; install ffmpeg (ffplay), mpg123, mpv, or VLC."
+        )
 
     except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
         logging.error(f"Sound playback failed: {e}")

contact/ui/contact_ui.py

@@ -964,7 +964,9 @@ def handle_backtick(stdscr: curses.window) -> None:
             settings_menu(
                 stdscr,
                 interface,
-                node=interface.getNode(remote_node_num),
+                # Settings requests configs explicitly; avoid getNode's
+                # implicit channel request racing that setup.
+                node=interface.getNode(remote_node_num, False),
                 remote=True,
                 status_callback=lambda message: update_remote_admin_wait(wait_win, message),
             )

contact/ui/control_ui.py

@@ -326,7 +326,10 @@ def settings_menu(
             _request_remote_with_timeout(node.requestConfig, config_type)
         if status_callback:
             status_callback("Requesting channels…")
-        _request_remote_with_timeout(node.requestChannels)
+        node.requestChannels()
+        if status_callback:
+            status_callback("Waiting for channel list…")
+        _request_remote_with_timeout(node.waitForConfig, "channels")
 
     menu = generate_menu_from_protobuf(interface, node=node, include_app_settings=not remote)
     menu_state.current_menu = menu["Main Menu"]

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "contact"
-version = "1.6.0"
+version = "1.6.2"
 description = "This Python curses client for Meshtastic is a terminal-based client designed to manage device settings, enable mesh chat communication, and handle configuration backups and restores."
 authors = [
     {name = "Ben Lipsey",email = "ben@pdxlocations.com"}