Description of problem: [scott@localhost Some Devil]$ ogg123 -d alsa 01-Dodo.ogg === No such device alsa. [scott@localhost Some Devil]$ However works with ogg123 -d esd 01-Dodo.ogg Shouldn't it work with alsa since alsa is now the kernel default?
$ ogg123 -h ogg123 from vorbis-tools 1.0.1 by the Xiph.org Foundation (http://www.xiph.org/) ... -d, --device=d uses 'd' as an output device Possible devices are ('*'=live, '@'=file): arts* esd* alsa09* oss* null* wav@ raw@ au@ Try -d alsa09.