randomplay) mpg321 blocks the sound card. [0] side
effect: I don't get sound notifications from centericq, & usually I
don't see new messages because of the small window centericq is
running in.
the funny solution: cw:
from now on I get morse messages from centericq whenever the sound card is used by an application [1][2] - cute ;-) [0] & I haven't found a quick solution to open /dev/dsp non-blocking ...This package contains a simple command line client called cw, which sounds characters as Morse code on the console speaker. [..]
[1]
aplay .. || (echo "bla" | cw ..)[2] & I'm somewhere near the box
