riveravaldez wrote: > On 4/12/20, riveravaldez <riveravaldezm...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On 4/12/20, Andrei POPESCU <andreimpope...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> On Sb, 11 apr 20, 21:02:39, riveravaldez wrote: >>>> >>>> Strangely, 'speaker-test -c2' doesn't produce a sound. But 'sudo >>>> speaker-test -c2' works flawlessly. (The idea to check that came from >>>> [1].) >>> >>> Some program might be blocking the sound card, check also the output of >>> 'lsof | grep /dev/snd' (as root). >>> >>> Kind regards, >>> Andrei >> >> Thanks a lot for your answer and help, Andrei. >> I've got these: >> >> $ sudo lsof | grep /dev/snd/ >> timidity 644 timidity mem CHR >> 116,2 13463 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p >> timidity 644 timidity 3r CHR >> 116,33 0t0 12547 /dev/snd/timer >> timidity 644 timidity 4u CHR >> 116,2 0t0 13463 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p >> timidity 644 timidity 5u CHR >> 116,9 0t0 13479 /dev/snd/controlC0 >> timidity 644 timidity 6u CHR >> 116,1 0t0 12548 /dev/snd/seq >> alsamixer 2150 thinkpad 3u CHR >> 116,9 0t0 13479 /dev/snd/controlC0 >> >> Maybe a timidity configuration issue? > > Oh, mother-bugger... Problem - practically - solved. >
IT is known issue with timidity. I did not know that sound can be played via root account though. We learned a bit more.
