Quoting Lukas Zapletal <lukas.zapletal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Dne Wed, 02 Nov 2005 13:34:13 -0500 > Paul Davis <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> napsal(a): > > > aplay -N -D plughw:1 /home/lzap/.openoffice/user/gallery/type.wav > > > > i suspect you have another process using your audio interface, and > that > > both alsaplayer and aplay are waiting for it to be released. the -N > > argument to aplay tells it not to wait but to report an error. > > Well it hangs. I will send the outputs. Seems you are not giving up, me > neither! Thanks for your help... > > ps - no audio process is running Just to be sure, let's verify that you have no audio processes running. Tell us what this command outputs: lsof /dev/snd/* Sampo Savolainen