From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from out3.smtp.messagingengine.com (out3.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.27]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2CB8C1A488 for ; Sat, 11 Dec 2010 12:42:58 -0500 (EST) Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.nyi.mail.srv.osa [10.202.2.41]) by gateway1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12FFE466 for ; Sat, 11 Dec 2010 12:42:58 -0500 (EST) Received: from frontend1.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.160]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Sat, 11 Dec 2010 12:42:58 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=messagingengine.com; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:references:mime-version:content-type:in-reply-to; s=smtpout; bh=YWv8GfjPhjvWjZ/2lv3l7IZ2U2o=; b=sQGMDEHik1uvvmbAbS7oBcBsyO/8ijTmd483/AngwyTSV5PGxHH2k69yxnvilylc9AHuT25U9mIA33yvfk6o5A6Rezmp2dEZXGvtC3Ort8SqV+FIDCeLU4k/8T/hZbp2u6OCMxxomLKVX7pkJ9ZDwPpuVGJEbWTUJIdN95uiV3s= X-Sasl-enc: tdS5I8nQ2qYECbyrRNkVAb5We3jp/oy1Vm7HsdbsW1uN 1292089377 Received: from rx.localhost (24-148-119-82.ip.mhcable.com [24.148.119.82]) by www.fastmail.fm (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D2500401D0E for ; Sat, 11 Dec 2010 12:42:57 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2010 12:42:56 -0500 From: Chuck Hallenbeck To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: Sound Devices on Arch? Message-ID: <20101211174256.GA10747@rx.localhost> Mail-Followup-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <20101211173350.GA2323@linlap.lan> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20101211173350.GA2323@linlap.lan> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2010 17:42:58 -0000 Hi Steve, On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 10:33:50AM -0700, Steve Holmes wrote: > I just installed Arch Linux on my new laptop but I have run into something > I can't seem to figure out. It seems that speech is working fine but I can't > play any sound files. Alsa complains that it can't find a device. > Yet, my machine talks fine with Speakup, espeak and the espeakup connector. I solved a similar problem here by changing permissions on aplay, like this: # chmod 4755 /usr/bin/aplay I had to do the same thing with the beep command. If it's not too serious a security risk, you might want to try it. It's an easy enough change to undo if you need to. Chuck -- The Moon is Waxing Crescent (33% of Full) Website: hallenbeck.ftml.net, Jabber ID: chuckh1@jabber.org -------- You're not an alcoholic unless you go to the meetings.