Re: Debian 9 cron = sounds are ok : Debian 11 cron no sound
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
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