On 7/16/22, Roger Price wrote: > On Sat, 16 Jul 2022, Lee wrote: > >> I don't have play, so I tried aplay .. and it works, even if I'm >> logged out, even if someone else is logged in. >> >> ## run the script every minute >> >> $ crontab -l | tail -3 >> # m h dom mon dow command >> * * * * * /home/lee/bin/neener.sh >> >> ## which plays a .wav and an .au file >> >> $ cat ~/bin/neener.sh >> #!/bin/sh >> /usr/bin/aplay -q $HOME/Sounds/Old/NEENER.WAV >> sleep 0.25 >> /usr/bin/aplay -q $HOME/Sounds/SunOS/busy.au > > I get the following error message from aplay: > > ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1075:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave > aplay: main:830: audio open error: Device or resource busy > > and a different message from play: > > ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1075:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave > /usr/bin/play FAIL sox: Sorry, there is no default audio device > configured > > I'm wondering what causes this. Do you have any specific environment > variable > set which defines a default audio device?
Nope. Audio has always just worked; I never had to do anything special or extra to get it working Lee
