Re: grandfatherclock unable to create lock file
On Sat, 2003-04-19 at 14:02, Patrick Wiseman wrote:
> I used to run grandfatherclock as a cron job. I just reactivated it, and
> it's not working. When I run it from the command line, I get this error:
>
> ~$ grandfatherclock -q
> Unable to create lock file, /var/lock/LCK../dev/audio: No such file or
> directory
>
> I get the same error if I try running it as root. I do have a /var/lock
> directory and /dev/audio is my audio device (although cat'ing an au file
> >/dev/audio just produced noise, so maybe that's a clue?).
>
> Might the fact that I've installed the DECtalk TTS have anything to do
> with it? That doesn't seem likely, as other sound apps (xmms, eg) still
> work, using /dev/audio. Googling various things didn't enlighten me.
Is esd running? cause if it is then you might have to kill it before
running another program which wants to acess /dev/audio
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Scott Henson <debian-list@silvercoin.dyndns.org>
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