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Hey Thanks for the reply. I installed the DateTime::Format::Mail module. It had a bunch of dependencies so I installed those as well. I also got no output from lsof, but if a sound daemon is the little speaker on the panel that changes the volume. If so I removed that from the panel. I found that /dev/dsp is there, so I ran chmod +wrx /dev/dsp. After all that I'm getting the same exact output from the alarm. I'm going to try to resart. Maybe my computer hasn't noticed my new modules yet. ** Edit ** I just restarted and now I have no problems with /dev/dsp Festival reads alarm.txt, but doesn't give any information about the feeds. So that alarm.txt looks like this good morning , today is Sunday April 22 ..... Time .. 12 hours. and 13 minutes ... ... ... Todays forecast ... ... ... ... The lastest from dig is ... The top stories from slash dot are ... time to meet that real girl, have a nice day Other than that part the rest of the error message remains the same. rusty@rusty-desktop:~/.alarm$ ./rss-alarm.sh Can't locate DateTime/Locale.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.8 /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.8 /usr/share/perl/5.8 /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at /usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.8/DateTime.pm line 52. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.8/DateTime.pm line 52. Compilation failed in require at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/DateTime/Format/Mail.pm line 7. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/DateTime/Format/Mail.pm line 7. Compilation failed in require at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/XML/RSS.pm line 7. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/XML/RSS.pm line 7. Compilation failed in require at weather.pl line 18. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at weather.pl line 18. Can't locate DateTime/Locale.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.8 /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.8 /usr/share/perl/5.8 /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at /usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.8/DateTime.pm line 52. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.8/DateTime.pm line 52. Compilation failed in require at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/DateTime/Format/Mail.pm line 7. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/DateTime/Format/Mail.pm line 7. Compilation failed in require at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/XML/RSS.pm line 7. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/XML/RSS.pm line 7. Compilation failed in require at rss2html.pl line 17. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at rss2html.pl line 17. Can't locate DateTime/Locale.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.8 /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.8 /usr/share/perl/5.8 /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at /usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.8/DateTime.pm line 52. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.8/DateTime.pm line 52. Compilation failed in require at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/DateTime/Format/Mail.pm line 7. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/DateTime/Format/Mail.pm line 7. Compilation failed in require at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/XML/RSS.pm line 7. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/XML/RSS.pm line 7. Compilation failed in require at rss2html.pl line 17. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at rss2html.pl line 17. rusty@rusty-desktop:~/.alarm$ ./rss-alarm.sh Can't locate DateTime/Locale.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.8 /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.8 /usr/share/perl/5.8 /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at /usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.8/DateTime.pm line 52. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.8/DateTime.pm line 52. Compilation failed in require at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/DateTime/Format/Mail.pm line 7. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/DateTime/Format/Mail.pm line 7. Compilation failed in require at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/XML/RSS.pm line 7. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/XML/RSS.pm line 7. Compilation failed in require at weather.pl line 18. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at weather.pl line 18. Can't locate DateTime/Locale.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.8 /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.8 /usr/share/perl/5.8 /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at /usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.8/DateTime.pm line 52. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.8/DateTime.pm line 52. Compilation failed in require at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/DateTime/Format/Mail.pm line 7. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/DateTime/Format/Mail.pm line 7. Compilation failed in require at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/XML/RSS.pm line 7. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/XML/RSS.pm line 7. Compilation failed in require at rss2html.pl line 17. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at rss2html.pl line 17. Can't locate DateTime/Locale.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.8 /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.8 /usr/share/perl/5.8 /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at /usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.8/DateTime.pm line 52. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.8/DateTime.pm line 52. Compilation failed in require at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/DateTime/Format/Mail.pm line 7. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/DateTime/Format/Mail.pm line 7. Compilation failed in require at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/XML/RSS.pm line 7. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/XML/RSS.pm line 7. Compilation failed in require at rss2html.pl line 17. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at rss2html.pl line 17. [/code]

hey, I was hoping i might be able to get some help here. I was trying to set up the rss alarm clock on my Ubuntu box, but I ran into some errors while testing it. Here is the output in the command line rusty@rusty-desktop:~/.alarm$ ./rss-alarm.sh Can't locate DateTime/Format/Mail.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.8 /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.8 /usr/share/perl/5.8 /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/XML/RSS.pm line 7. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/XML/RSS.pm line 7. Compilation failed in require at weather.pl line 18. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at weather.pl line 18. Can't locate DateTime/Format/Mail.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.8 /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.8 /usr/share/perl/5.8 /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/XML/RSS.pm line 7. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/XML/RSS.pm line 7. Compilation failed in require at rss2html.pl line 17. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at rss2html.pl line 17. Can't locate DateTime/Format/Mail.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.8 /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.8 /usr/share/perl/5.8 /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/XML/RSS.pm line 7. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/XML/RSS.pm line 7. Compilation failed in require at rss2html.pl line 17. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at rss2html.pl line 17. Linux: can't open /dev/dsp Linux: can't open /dev/dsp Linux: can't open /dev/dsp Linux: can't open /dev/dsp Linux: can't open /dev/dsp Linux: can't open /dev/dsp Linux: can't open /dev/dsp Linux: can't open /dev/dsp Linux: can't open /dev/dsp Linux: can't open /dev/dsp Linux: can't open /dev/dsp (I deleted the line that plays the mp3 file just for testing purposes since I already know that works) My knowledge doesn't go very far here. I know /dev/dsp refers to my speakers. I don't know any perl, but I copied the files given in the tutorial exactly. When I went through the tutorial, there were not any errors so I don't know what went wrong. My only guess is that I might be missing some perl libraries I didn't know about. Thanks for taking the time to help me out.

I did just what you said debianuser but I still get the same exact error message.

Thanks for the previous help. The program runs now but it spits out an error message. I used the source code exactly as it was except I replaced <PLACE YOUR ZIP-CODE HERE> with 06443 rusty@linux-cwqs:~/alarm> ./alarm.sh **Getting Weather** Can't locate DateTime/Format/Mail.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i586-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/i586-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/i586-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl .) at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/XML/RSS.pm line 7. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/XML/RSS.pm line 7. Compilation failed in require at weather.pl line 19. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at weather.pl line 19. **Getting RSS Feeds** Can't locate DateTime/Format/Mail.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i586-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/i586-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/i586-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl .) at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/XML/RSS.pm line 7. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/XML/RSS.pm line 7. Compilation failed in require at rss2html.pl line 18. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at rss2html.pl line 18. Can't locate DateTime/Format/Mail.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i586-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/i586-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/i586-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl .) at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/XML/RSS.pm line 7. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/XML/RSS.pm line 7. Compilation failed in require at rss2html.pl line 18. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at rss2html.pl line 18. Can't locate DateTime/Format/Mail.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i586-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/i586-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/i586-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl .) at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/XML/RSS.pm line 7. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/XML/RSS.pm line 7. Compilation failed in require at rss2html.pl line 18. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at rss2html.pl line 18. **Going to next song** **Playing** **Waiting...** **Pausing playback** **Reading RSS Feeds** Todays Forecast ... ... ... Todays email ... ... ... Today on hack a day ... ... ... Today on slashdot ... ... ... Linux: can't open /dev/dsp Linux: can't open /dev/dsp Linux: can't open /dev/dsp Linux: can't open /dev/dsp Linux: can't open /dev/dsp Linux: can't open /dev/dsp Linux: can't open /dev/dsp Linux: can't open /dev/dsp Linux: can't open /dev/dsp Linux: can't open /dev/dsp Linux: can't open /dev/dsp Linux: can't open /dev/dsp **Resuming playback** **Waiting...** **Removing alarm.txt alarm.txt just shows up as [/code]

That worked like a charm. Thanks a lot guys.

Hey. When I saw the RSS alarm clock on Hak.5 i got realy excited. I tried to put it on my suse 10.2 box using the linux instructions http://www.hak5.org/wiki/RSS_Alarm_Clock_Under_Linux I got both of the files I needed from cpan. http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/XML/...ser-2.34.tar.gz http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/XML/...RSS-1.22.tar.gz When I got to step 2.4 a problem came up. linux-cwqs:/home/rusty/Desktop/XML-Parser-2.34 # make make[1]: Entering directory `/home/rusty/Desktop/XML-Parser-2.34/Expat' cc -c -D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DTHREADS_HAVE_PIDS -DDEBUGGING -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -Wdeclaration-after-statement -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -O2 -march=i586 -mtune=i686 -fmessage-length=0 -Wall -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -g -Wall -pipe -DVERSION="2.34" -DXS_VERSION="2.34" -fPIC "-I/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i586-linux-thread-multi/CORE" Expat.c /bin/sh: cc: command not found make[1]: *** [Expat.o] Error 127 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/rusty/Desktop/XML-Parser-2.34/Expat' make: *** [subdirs] Error 2 I can't figure out what this means. Originally I was having the same problem with the RSS plugin too but it just resolved itself somehow. I hope someone can help me. Thanks in advance.