Subj : Re: aplay oddity To : All From : Adrian Date : Fri Oct 24 2025 18:11:42 In message <10dg96e$2n6ng$1@dont-email.me>, The Natural Philosopher writes >On 24/10/2025 13:23, Adrian wrote: >> 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 > >What annoys me is that I had almost exactly this, but have no idea how >I solved it. > >I vaguely remember one of two things - some kind of permissions thing >in the audio device, or needing to install pulse audio > > What is now puzzling me, is that mid afternoon it started working again (nohup rather than cron mode). I haven't changed anything since I fiddled around as described upthread. Isn't modern technology wonderful. Thanks to all who have contributed. 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) .