I got it.
once I did
sudo apt-get install python-pygame
it started working.
Ringo


On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 11:04 AM, Ringo (Lester) Davis
<ringo.davis@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm new to ROS an linux, so this my be a question with an obvious answer.
> I'm trying to use sound_play to play a simple test string like in the tutorial.
> It looks like it installed correctly and it is in my path.
> but when I type
>
>  roslaunch sound_play soundplay_node.launch
> I get
>
> ... logging to /home/ldavis/.ros/log/93206174-4e4b-11e0-abf7-002170ae6325/roslaunch-ubuntu-2779.log
> Checking log directory for disk usage. This may take awhile.
> Press Ctrl-C to interrupt
> Done checking log file disk usage. Usage is <1GB.
>
> started roslaunch server http://ubuntu:58370/
>
> SUMMARY
> ========
>
> PARAMETERS
>  * /rosversion
>  * /rosdistro
>
> NODES
>  /
>    soundplay_node (sound_play/soundplay_node.py)
>
> auto-starting new master
> process[master]: started with pid [2793]
> ROS_MASTER_URI=http://localhost:11311
>
> setting /run_id to 93206174-4e4b-11e0-abf7-002170ae6325
> process[rosout-1]: started with pid [2806]
> started core service [/rosout]
> process[soundplay_node-2]: started with pid [2809]
> No handlers could be found for logger "rosout"
> [FATAL] [WallTime: 1300114734.721240]
> **************************************************************
> Error opening pygame.mixer. Is pygame installed? (sudo apt-get install
> python-pygame)
> **************************************************************
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "/home/ldavis/sound_play/scripts/soundplay_node.py", line 363,
> in <module>
>    soundplay()
>  File "/home/ldavis/sound_play/scripts/soundplay_node.py", line 306,
> in __init__
>    while not rospy.is_shutdown() and self.mixer_init():
>  File "/home/ldavis/sound_play/scripts/soundplay_node.py", line 329,
> in mixer_init
>    rospy.logerr('Exception in sound startup, will retry once per
> second. Is the speaker connected? Have you configured ALSA? Can aplay
> play sound? See the wiki if there is a red light on the Logitech
> speaker. Have a look at
> http://pr.willowgarage.com/wiki/sound_play/Troubleshooting Error
> message: %s'%str(e))
> TypeError: 'str' object is not callable
> [soundplay_node-2] process has died [pid 2809, exit code 1].
> log files: /home/ldavis/.ros/log/93206174-4e4b-11e0-abf7-002170ae6325/soundplay_node-2*.log
>
>
> This is one a laptop with no external speakers installed.
> I know the speakers on the laptop work in things like firefox, but how
> do I configure soundplay to use them?
>
> This is everything I did.
> $ svn checkout https://code.ros.org/svn/ros-pkg/stacks/sound_drivers/trunk/sound_play
> $ export ROS_PACKAGE_PATH=~/sound_play:$ROS_PACKAGE_PATH
> $ rosmake --rosdep-install sound_play
> $ roslaunch sound_play soundplay_node.launch
>
>
> Any help will be greatly appreciated.
> Ringo
>