On 28 Sep 2008, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Anthony Campbell wrote: >> Following a recent upgrade in Sid my sound is no longer working -- on 2 >> different machines. >> >> Saytime says: >> >> sox formats: can't open output file `/dev/audio': Invalid argument >> child process returned a non-zero status 2 >> > > I get: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/boot$ saytime > sox soxio: Can't open output file `/dev/audio': unknown file type `ossdsp' > child process returned a non-zero status 2 > > but I haven't done an upgrade since quite a while and everything else > (audacious, aplay, mpg321, etc.) seems to be working. > > Is saytime the only thing that is dead or are the others as well? > > Hugo >
Actually, sound *is* working - only saytime is not. I thought sound had failed because I tried to listen to the BBC this morning and there was nothing, but I tried again now and it was working, so it must have been something at their end. Panic over! Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, and sceptical articles) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
