Both work here, so there should be an issue with your sound settings or installation. Example: didier[~]$ play /usr/share/sounds/purple/login.wav /usr/share/sounds/purple/login.wav: File Size: 192k Bit Rate: 706k Encoding: Signed PCM Channels: 2 @ 16-bit Samplerate: 22050Hz Replaygain: off Duration: 00:00:02.18 In:100% 00:00:02.18 [00:00:00.00] Out:48.1k [ | ] Clip:0 Done. didier[~]$ I did hear the "tune". Do you have sound with other apps, including espeakup and/or orca? I ask because you don't say if you use speech or a Braille device. Best, Didier Le 20/06/2018 à 23:55, Linux for blind general discussion a écrit : > A little more background, I haven't been able to get > /usr/share/sounds/purple/login.wav to play with aplay or play or paplay. > No error returns but neither does any sound. > > On Wed, 20 Jun 2018, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > >> Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2018 14:55:15 >> From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> >> To: blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx >> Subject: Re: slint and vlc >> >> Hello, >> >> Le 20/06/2018 ? 20:38, Linux for blind general discussion a ?crit?: >>> I have an old version of slint running on the new computer. What I am >>> curious about is if vlc can play any url or local files on the machine >>> once downloaded. So far it doesn't on this older version of slint. >> >> That's weird, vlc should play pretty much any file, local or remote. >> >> The version of Slint shouldn't matter at all. >> >> >From "vlc -h": >> >> <quoted text begins below> >> Usage: vlc [options] [stream] ... >> You can specify multiple streams on the commandline. >> They will be enqueued in the playlist. >> The first item specified will be played first. >> >> Options-styles: >> --option A global option that is set for the duration of the program. >> -option A single letter version of a global --option. >> :option An option that only applies to the stream directly before it >> and that overrides previous settings. >> >> Stream MRL syntax: >> [[access][/demux]://]URL[#[title][:chapter][-[title][:chapter]]] >> [:option=value ...] >> >> Many of the global --options can also be used as MRL specific :options. >> Multiple :option=value pairs can be specified. >> >> URL syntax: >> file:///path/file Plain media file >> http://host[:port]/file HTTP URL >> ftp://host[:port]/file FTP URL >> mms://host[:port]/file MMS URL >> screen:// Screen capture >> dvd://[device] DVD device >> vcd://[device] VCD device >> cdda://[device] Audio CD device >> udp://[[<source address>]@[<bind address>][:<bind port>]] >> UDP stream sent by a streaming server >> vlc://pause:<seconds> Pause the playlist for a certain time >> vlc://quit Special item to quit VLC >> <end of quoted text> >> >> Doesn't this syntax work for you? >> >> Here (but I don't think that the VLC version matter either): >> didier[~]$ LANG=en_US.utf8 vlc --version >> VLC media player 2.2.8 Weatherwax (revision 2.2.7-14-g3cc1d8cba9) >> VLC version 2.2.8 Weatherwax (2.2.7-14-g3cc1d8cba9) >> Compiled by root on stable.slint.net (Jan 18 2018 00:49:03) >> Compiler: gcc version 5.3.0 (GCC) >> This program comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. >> You may redistribute it under the terms of the GNU General Public License; >> see the file named COPYING for details. >> Written by the VideoLAN team; see the AUTHORS file. >> didier[~]$ >> >> Best, >> >> Didier >> -- >> Slint distribution >> http://slint.fr >> http://slackware.uk/slint/x86_64/slint-14.2.1/ >> >> >> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list