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diff --git a/docs/TROUBLESHOOTING.org b/docs/TROUBLESHOOTING.org index 832fa9d..fe78aa0 100644 --- a/docs/TROUBLESHOOTING.org +++ b/docs/TROUBLESHOOTING.org @@ -104,6 +104,17 @@ or when =chime-sound-player= is set to ='emacs=. Two fixes: #+END_SRC This one repairs every ALSA client on the machine, not just Emacs. +*** The system fix doesn't reach a running Emacs + +alsa-lib parses its configuration once per process. A long-running +=emacs --daemon= that started before you added the ALSA config keeps the old +view, so =play-sound-file= still fails there while it succeeds in a fresh +=emacs -Q=. Restart the daemon, or set =chime-sound-device= to a device that +was already defined ("pipewire" or "pulse" both work without the =default= +fix, because =50-pipewire.conf= defines them). + +This is worth knowing before you conclude the system fix didn't work. + On macOS, Emacs is built without sound support, so =play-sound-file= signals rather than playing. Chime uses =afplay=, which ships with the OS, so this only bites if =chime-sound-player= is forced to ='emacs=. |