[GLLUG] Audio errors in Debian 7

[Daniel Dyla]

If there isn't any sensitive info it might help to post the script source

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On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 1:33 AM, David Lee Lambert <davidl at lmert.com>
wrote:

> On two desktops and a laptop, all running Debian, I have a couple of 
> cron jobs that check whether any of my children are logged on at our 
> standard bedtime (8:00 PM nights before school, no check otherwise) and 
> forcibly logs them off.  Actually, there's a "warning" script that runs 
> five minutes before (write to all consoles, and use text-to-speech to 
> issue an audio warning), and a "Good Night" text-to-speech at the 
> appointed time.
> Since update to Debian 7, the commands "festival --tts" and "wall" are 
> giving errors.  Any advice on how to remediate?
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: 	Cron <root at huitzil> /usr/local/sbin/bedtime kill
> Date: 	Thu, 02 Oct 2014 20:00:18 -0400
> From: 	root at lmert.com (Cron Daemon)
> To: 	root at lmert.com
> logging off - Following children are still logged in...
>     tlazoh
> ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1018:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
> aplay: main:682: audio open error: Device or resource busy
> ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1018:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
> aplay: main:682: audio open error: Device or resource busy
> [Thu Oct  2 20:00:18 EDT 2014] - done
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: 	Cron <root at huitzil> /usr/local/sbin/bedtime warn
> Date: 	Thu, 02 Oct 2014 19:54:03 -0400
> From: 	root at lmert.com (Cron Daemon)
> To: 	root at lmert.com
> warning - Following children are still logged in...
>     tlazoh
> wall: cannot get tty name: Inappropriate ioctl for device
> wall: cannot open file -: No such file or directory
> ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1018:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
> aplay: main:682: audio open error: Device or resource busy
> ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1018:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
> aplay: main:682: audio open error: Device or resource busy
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