Re: Aplay problem -

2020-06-02 Thread stan via users
On Tue, 2 Jun 2020 14:06:41 -0400 Bob Goodwin wrote: > The essential ones are OO and up to the red, "L{NE" was muted I set > to MM and turned the level up, that does not restore the sound though. > I'm stumped. Everything says you should have sound from aplay. aplay is producing sound. It's s

Re: Aplay problem -

2020-06-02 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 2020-06-02 12:51, stan via users wrote: ^ The vvv is important, because it provides more information, including an output profile over time, a rough vu meter. That is, it will show if aplay is actually sending output to the device. [bobg@Workstation-1 ~]$ aplay -vvv apps/audio/login.wav Pl

Re: Aplay problem -

2020-06-02 Thread stan via users
On Tue, 2 Jun 2020 12:29:38 -0400 Bob Goodwin wrote: > On 2020-06-02 11:54, stan via users wrote: > > Try > > aplay -vvv [wav file] > > > [bobg@Workstation-1 ~]$ aplay -v apps/audio/login.wav ^ The vvv is important, because it provides more information, inclu

Re: Aplay problem -

2020-06-02 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 2020-06-02 11:54, stan via users wrote: Try aplay -vvv [wav file] [bobg@Workstation-1 ~]$ aplay -v apps/audio/login.wav Playing WAVE 'apps/audio/login.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 22050 Hz, Stereo ALSA <-> PulseAudio PCM I/O Plugin Its setup is: stream : PLAYBACK

Re: Aplay problem -

2020-06-02 Thread stan via users
On Tue, 2 Jun 2020 10:57:00 -0400 Bob Goodwin wrote: > On 2020-06-01 06:45, Bob Goodwin wrote: > Well, I still have this annoying problem but after my effort > yesterday it appears there was a few errors in my description. > > The Thunderbird notification does not use aplay, it just gets the >

Re: Aplay problem -

2020-06-02 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 2020-06-01 06:45, Bob Goodwin wrote: On 2020-05-31 22:12, Samuel Sieb wrote: If you rebooted, then the runaway script is gone and won't be affecting anything.  I'm confused how you say some things can run aplay and make audio, but you can't run it directly. _ ° Yes, confusing to

Re: Aplay problem -

2020-06-01 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 2020-05-31 22:12, Samuel Sieb wrote: If you rebooted, then the runaway script is gone and won't be affecting anything.  I'm confused how you say some things can run aplay and make audio, but you can't run it directly. _ ° Yes, confusing to me too, I try only to query when I reach th

Re: Aplay problem -

2020-05-31 Thread Tim via users
On Sun, 2020-05-31 at 19:07 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: > No, that would only kill the aplay and then the shell script would > immediately start it again. Of course, I was forgetting it was in the middle of a script. I was thinking of a command going nuts. Surely just closing the terminal window

Re: Aplay problem -

2020-05-31 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 5/31/20 6:22 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: On 2020-05-31 20:38, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 5/31/20 5:01 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: I found this script in a list on my computer, ran it and found I had no way to stop it. What shuts it off? while [ 1 <> 0 ] do aplay /usr/share/sounds/purple/login.wav done

Re: Aplay problem -

2020-05-31 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 5/31/20 7:03 PM, Tim via users wrote: On Sun, 2020-05-31 at 21:22 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: Well Control C is one of the first things I try, perhaps I should have kept trying longer? When I found no remedy in my notes I was beaten and had to reboot. Sometimes doing something like killal

Re: Aplay problem -

2020-05-31 Thread Tim via users
On Sun, 2020-05-31 at 21:22 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: > Well Control C is one of the first things I try, perhaps I should > have kept trying longer? When I found no remedy in my notes I was > beaten and had to reboot. Sometimes doing something like killall aplay A few times will put an end to

Re: Aplay problem -

2020-05-31 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 2020-05-31 20:38, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 5/31/20 5:01 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: I found this script in a list on my computer, ran it and found I had no way to stop it. What shuts it off? while [ 1 <> 0 ] do aplay /usr/share/sounds/purple/login.wav done It's an infinite loop.  Repeatedly pre

Re: Aplay problem -

2020-05-31 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 5/31/20 5:01 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: I found this script in a list on my computer, ran it and found I had no way to stop it. What shuts it off? while [ 1 <> 0 ] do aplay /usr/share/sounds/purple/login.wav done It's an infinite loop. Repeatedly pressing CTRL-C should stop it or else killin

Aplay problem -

2020-05-31 Thread Bob Goodwin
I found this script in a list on my computer, ran it and found I had no way to stop it. What shuts it off? while [ 1 <> 0 ] do aplay /usr/share/sounds/purple/login.wav done Bob -- Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA http://www.qrz.com/db/W2BOD FEDORA-32/64bit LINUX XFCE Fastmail POP3 __