sound doesn't work until I login

Thu Sep 8 00:06:41 UTC 2016

On Wed, 2016-09-07 at 19:38 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> does the script really need a sound server?

I don't know, Ralf. I've never been interested in anything except
ordinary user sound until now.

> Do you need to mix different sound sources that require resampling?

Nope.

> Even for this usage ALSA provides plugins, that are likely not that
> user-friendly as a sound server, but I doubt that user interaction is
> required, if a script should do the work anyway.

My system just starts up and starts playing music off a USB stick,
forever. That's it.

My only remaining issue is controlling pulseaudio - see my next
message.

Regards, K.

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