Re: xmms difficulties
Hello
Rob Brenart (TT) (<Rob.Brenart@tradingtechnologies.com>) wrote:
> I'm trying to use XMMS to listen to music, but the only way it makes
> sounds is if I launch it as root and use aoss xmms
>
> If I launch xmms as root it tells me /dev/dsp doesn't exist
>
> If I launch xmms as a user it tells me
> Message: fmt 5, channels: 2
>
> And nothing happens, it doesn't even try to play... same behavior if I
> run aoss xmms as a user
You need to
- make sure you are in the audio group
- that after you logged in as a user, the channels are not muted
- xmms uses the ALSA output plugin, if you use ALSA, or the ALSA OSS
emulation is activated
best regards
Andreas Janssen
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