Well, this is strange. In /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pygame/examples there is sound.py. This must have worked for someone once, and it doesn't include anything about creating a window. When I run it for the first time it makes a click but doesn't play the sound. It produces the xcb_connection_has_error() message but seems to ignore it.
Adding pygame.display.set_mode((1,1)) to my program (which otherwise now is very similar to sound.py) doesn't help. This is driving me nuts! Regards - Philip On 02/06/2015 13:58, diliup gabadamudalige wrote: > to do most things with pygame you need to initialize a pygame window. > > On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 3:50 AM, B W <stabbingfin...@gmail.com > <mailto:stabbingfin...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Hi, you cannot use the dummy video driver if you want sound. At > least I have not figured out a way to do it. You need at least a > 1x1 window. > > Gumm > > On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 2:11 PM, Philip Le Riche > <phi...@blueskylark.org <mailto:phi...@blueskylark.org>> wrote: > > Just trying to get started with pygame and stuck at square 1. > All I want to do is play sounds on a Raspberry Pi (Raspbian). > No screen. Nothing visual. So I do: > > import pygame, os, sys > from pygame.locals import * > > os.environ["SDL_VIDEODRIVER"] = "dummy" > > pygame.mixer.init() > sound = pygame.mixer.Sound("Exclamation.wav") > sound.play(loops = 0) > while pygame.mixer.music.get_busy() == True: > continue > > Having saved it in file try.py, I do > > python try.py > > and get > > xcb_connection_has_error() returned true > > Yes, I've done an apt-get update and upgrade. I can make > sounds with Sonic Pi but this produces nothing. Googling the > error seemed to give no relevant results. Can someone give me > a hint please? > > Regards - Philip > > > > > > -- > Diliup Gabadamudalige > > http://www.diliupg.com > http://soft.diliupg.com/ > > ********************************************************************************************** > This e-mail is confidential. It may also be legally privileged. If you > are not the intended recipient or have received it in error, please > delete it and all copies from your system and notify the sender > immediately by return e-mail. Any unauthorized reading, reproducing, > printing or further dissemination of this e-mail or its contents is > strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. Internet communications > cannot be guaranteed to be timely, secure, error or virus-free. The > sender does not accept liability for any errors or omissions. > ********************************************************************************************** >
