Problems with sound

[Walter Dnes]

  Yes, the account is a member of group audio, and no, I am not running
PAM. The symptoms when trying to play an mp3...

  - audacious dies

  - mpg123 *FAILS* with the output
initialize_device(): cannot set hw params
audio: Success

  - mpg321 gives an error message, but goes on to play the mp3 properly,
    The error message is...
ALSA snd_pcm_hw_params error: Invalid argument

  Yes, that's correct, mpg123 reports "Success" but fails.  mpg321
reports an error but plays the mp3 properly.

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