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Tiny Core Extensions => TCE Talk => Topic started by: kjpetrie on May 25, 2026, 04:37:59 PM

Title: cmus cannot initialise output plug-in
Post by: kjpetrie on May 25, 2026, 04:37:59 PM

When I try to launch cmus I get a rapidly flashing white bar with a flashing red error message about not being able to initialise any output plug-in. It is very difficult to read.

Any idea what could cause that?

Title: Re: cmus cannot initialise output plug-in
Post by: Rich on May 25, 2026, 05:04:29 PM

Hi kjpetrie
Welcome to the forum.

Did you install and set up alsa.tcz?

Or if you prefer, pulseadio or pipewire.

Title: Re: cmus cannot initialise output plug-in
Post by: kjpetrie on May 25, 2026, 05:50:07 PM

Thanks,

I have now, and I can even get cmus to launch and 'play', but whatever I do with alsamixer I can't actually hear the output. I get a loud pop when the file starts to play but nothing else.

I was previously using Puppy Linux on this old machine but it took so long to boot I decided to try something else, so I know it was working until now. I expect there's something missing I need to install or initialise. I've already discovered dependencies don't always get picked up.

Title: Re: cmus cannot initialise output plug-in
Post by: Rich on May 25, 2026, 07:51:40 PM

Hi kjpetrie
See if this helps:
https://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php?topic=22145.msg138620#msg138620

Title: Re: cmus cannot initialise output plug-in
Post by: kjpetrie on May 26, 2026, 05:00:19 PM

It certainly did. I'm now listening to some Bach while I type this.

However I still get a loud pop as it begins to play. That needs tidying up as it sounds messy and won't do the speakers any good.

Also, I still get a crash/loop every time I launch cmus for the first time so something's still not quite right. If I close the terminal, delete the socket and launch again it works, so it might be an initialisation problem of some sort.

But thanks for your help. We're getting there.