Re: [mh] New install instructions

[Jon B. <jb...@co...>]

This worked for me with pulse audio

sound_program = sudo -u MY_USERNAME paplay


On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 11:41 PM, jared <Jar...@gm...> wrote:

> Sorry for the delay--I was out of town for Memorial Day.
>
> The first step is to ensure that alsa is installed (I know that sometimes
> in
> Ubuntu server, it may not be installed by default, for example, if a
> soundcard was not present during the initial install).  To check if alsa is
> installed, I ran "sudo aplay -l."  This command should enumerate all sound
> output devices available to linux.
>
> If alsa is not installed, I believe that can be done by running "sudo
> apt-get install alsa alsa-tools."  It may also be necessary to add the "mh"
> user to the audio group:  "sudo adduser mh audio"
>
> By default, MisterHouse attempts to use the command "play," which is not
> used in Ubuntu.  To fix this, I added the following line to my private
> configuration file:
>
> "sound_program=aplay -D plughw:CARD=SB,DEV=0 -q"
>
> This command may have to be modified if the desired sound card is installed
> in a different location.  Again, the "sudo aplay -l" command helps to find
> the correct parameters to add to this command.  The -D flag specifies the
> sound output device, while the -q eliminates the output from the command
> appearing in the mh log.
>
> I recall during my last installation, there was a problem with volume
> adjustment in mh which required another Ubuntu-specific configuration
> parameter.  As I have not yet completed the transition of my audio
> equipment
> to my new server, I have not yet run into this issue.  Once I get to that
> point in my install, I can update this post with that information if no one
> else has done so by then.
>
>
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