Re: What is blocking my sound?

[Marc Shapiro <marcnshap@gmail.com>]

On 09/24/10 07:20, Marc Shapiro wrote:
> On 09/23/10 18:42, T o n g wrote:
> > On Thu, 23 Sep 2010 18:11:09 -0700, Marc Shapiro wrote:
> >
> > > Usually the fix is to close all instances of Firefox until I find the
> > > culprit, and sound returns.
> >
> > The alternative to above headaches is use alsa as much as possible, not
> > oss! E.g.,
> >
> > - use aplay instead of play.
> > - install libsox-fmt-alsa so that sox (ie play) uses alsa interface
> > instead of oss.
> >
> > HTH
>
> The last time I tried aplay, it did not work. I don't remember what the
> problem was. If I simply use aplay to try and play the file I get the
> same error. I will have to power down the machine and try it again when
> I get a chance. No time this weekend.

I shut down all X sessions and was able to get my sound back.  I then 
tried to play the file that I use to test my sound using aplay, instead 
of play, and got the following error:

	aplay: test_wavefile:749: can't play not PCM-coded WAVE-files

which somewhat rules out using aplay instead of play.  Also, I checked 
to see if libsox-fmt-alsa was installed, and it already is:

Package: libsox-fmt-alsa
New: yes
State: installed
Automatically installed: yes
Version: 14.0.1-2+b1


does anyone have any other ideas.  There must be some way of making 
flash play well with linux and other apps.

Marc