Re: Login music in console

2013-01-13 Thread Beco
Hi guys, Some time ago you helped me to play KDE Login sound on a linux console only. That was great. Yesterday, I upgraded that old system from squeeze to wheezy, and something happened. First, the sound won't play at all, and I needed to insert in /etc/modules the line: snd-sbawe (quick quest

Re: Login music in console

2012-10-30 Thread Sthu Deus
Good time of the day, Andrei. You wrote: > That's not very difficult to script, one just needs to parse the > output of 'amixer [sget ]'. OR Use another player - w/ volume setting preconfigured | set on command line that invokes the player. As example, mplayer* can be. Sthu. -- To UNSUBSCR

Re: Login music in console

2012-10-28 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 27 oct 12, 09:55:44, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > But the problem with using that is that you are stuck with the > volume that the mixer is set at. There ought to be a way to check > those settings, adjust for loudness, play the sound, and reset back > to what the settings were. ;-) That's n

Re: Login music in console

2012-10-27 Thread Jude DaShiell
That's easily done and arbitrarily too. Figure your desired percentage for lower speaker volume and do another amixer -D hw set Master 72% unmute just after the ogg123 command. The 72% figure may not be completely correct, but those who always listen to classical music quietly can come up wit

Re: Login music in console

2012-10-27 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Jude DaShiell wrote: What's wrong with arbitrarily setting mixer volume before playing the ogg file?On Sat, 27 Oct 2012, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: I guess it depends on personal preferences: I play classical music softly always. So when the ogg file plays upon boot you would hardly hear it. Th

Re: Login music in console

2012-10-27 Thread Dr Beco
On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 2:40 PM, Jude DaShiell wrote: > To stack the deck just before that ogg123 command put: amixer -D hw set > Master 92% unmute That makes sure the sound card will work if the sound > card is able to do so.On Sat, 27 Oct 2012, Dr Beco wrote: Hi Jude, Thanks. I like my sound

Re: Login music in console

2012-10-27 Thread Jude DaShiell
To stack the deck just before that ogg123 command put: amixer -D hw set Master 92% unmute That makes sure the sound card will work if the sound card is able to do so.On Sat, 27 Oct 2012, Dr Beco wrote: > On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 11:22 AM, Nate Bargmann wrote: > > ogg123, perhaps? > > > >> Should

Re: Login music in console

2012-10-27 Thread Dr Beco
On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 11:22 AM, Nate Bargmann wrote: > ogg123, perhaps? > >> Should I put it on ~/.profile? It would be better if the music play >> only once per turn on, not every successfull login. > > As I understand it, if Bash is your default shell and ~/.bash_profile > exists, ~/.profile w

Re: Login music in console

2012-10-27 Thread Jude DaShiell
What's wrong with arbitrarily setting mixer volume before playing the ogg file?On Sat, 27 Oct 2012, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > Dr Beco wrote: > > > Dear linuxers, > > > > > > > > > What little program would you recommend to simple play a music like > > > /usr/share/sounds

Re: Login music in console

2012-10-27 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Dr Beco wrote: Dear linuxers, What little program would you recommend to simple play a music like /usr/share/sounds/KDE-Sys-Log-In-Short.ogg Is there a small console player fit to this simple task? Should I put it on ~/.profile? It would be better if the music play onl

Re: Login music in console

2012-10-27 Thread Nate Bargmann
* On 2012 27 Oct 08:36 -0500, Dr Beco wrote: > Dear linuxers, > > > What little program would you recommend to simple play a music like > /usr/share/sounds/KDE-Sys-Log-In-Short.ogg > > Is there a small console player fit to this simple task? ogg123, perhaps? > Should I put it on ~/.profile? It

Re: Login music in console

2012-10-27 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Dr Beco wrote: Dear linuxers, What little program would you recommend to simple play a music like /usr/share/sounds/KDE-Sys-Log-In-Short.ogg Is there a small console player fit to this simple task? Should I put it on ~/.profile? It would be better if the music play only once per turn on, not

Re: Login music in console

2012-10-27 Thread Dr Beco
On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 10:33 AM, Dr Beco wrote: > Dear linuxers, > > > What little program would you recommend to simple play a music like > /usr/share/sounds/KDE-Sys-Log-In-Short.ogg > > Is there a small console player fit to this simple task? > > Should I put it on ~/.profile? It would be bette

Login music in console

2012-10-27 Thread Dr Beco
Dear linuxers, What little program would you recommend to simple play a music like /usr/share/sounds/KDE-Sys-Log-In-Short.ogg Is there a small console player fit to this simple task? Should I put it on ~/.profile? It would be better if the music play only once per turn on, not every successfull