I can verify that running:
$ python /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pygame/examples/sound.py
plays without error on my Kubuntu distro (x86_64 Linux kernel 3.19.0-18,
pulseaudio 6.0). Must be a RPi issue?
~ Michael
> 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > http://www.diliupg.com
> > http://soft.diliupg.com/
> >
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