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 going to guess that: - you normally have pulseaudio running - the commands work when systemd has set up a pulseaudio daemon for you - the commands don't work when pulseaudio has control of the audio system but the cron job does not know how to reach it via a pulseaudio socket Perhaps putting pulseaudio --start at the beginning of your script and pulseaudio --kill at the end will fix this. -dsr-
