Subj : Re: aplay oddity To : All From : Adrian Date : Fri Oct 24 2025 13:23:19 In message <10dejui$293ep$1@dont-email.me>, The Natural Philosopher writes >I had issues like this that were in the end permissions, although in >this case its hard to see how this happened. > Thanks. That was my initial thought, but then I couldn't see why. >Are you running an audio hat? check its well plugged in > Yes, and it is. The Pi is in a safe place, and is fastened down. Given that I don't need to make physical contact with the Pi to trigger it, I can't see why it would work when I've ssh'd in from another machine and run the command via that terminal, but not when a background process is triggered. Adrian -- To Reply : replace "bulleid" with "adrian" - all mail to bulleid is rejected Sorry for the rigmarole, If I want spam, I'll go to the shops Every time someone says "I don't believe in trolls", another one dies. --- PyGate Linux v1.5 * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10) .