From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-px0-f176.google.com (mail-px0-f176.google.com [209.85.212.176]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id A399FC1A425 for ; Sat, 11 Dec 2010 13:16:42 -0500 (EST) Received: by pxi11 with SMTP id 11so1215151pxi.21 for ; Sat, 11 Dec 2010 10:16:42 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.143.16.13 with SMTP id t13mr1605213wfi.46.1292091401441; Sat, 11 Dec 2010 10:16:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from linlap.lan (ip72-208-185-148.ph.ph.cox.net [72.208.185.148]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id p8sm5960911wff.4.2010.12.11.10.16.39 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 11 Dec 2010 10:16:40 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2010 11:16:34 -0700 From: Steve Holmes To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Sound Devices on Arch? Message-ID: <20101211181634.GA6924@linlap.lan> Mail-Followup-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca References: <20101211173350.GA2323@linlap.lan> <20101211174256.GA10747@rx.localhost> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20101211174256.GA10747@rx.localhost> 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 18:16:42 -0000 Hi Chuck, Thanks for the idea but better yet, I found the fix which might be even better. I forgot to do this first. I connected my normal user, 'steve' to the audio group. Once I did that, not even aplay but espeak worked better without the modification of individual permissions. Thanks again though; I had discovered during all this that I could do these commands in root without any problems. Glad it was this easy. On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 12:42:56PM -0500, Chuck Hallenbeck wrote: > 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. > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup