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Re: Can only play mp3 files as root.



On Tue, 28 Jul 1998, Christopher Barry wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> A while back before I reinstalled hamm I had X11amp working perfectly
> but having since installed it again I'm having a weird problem. When I
> run X11Amp as root everything is perfect but when running it as a normal
> user it appears on screen but the volume is always set to zero and it
> never remembers my settings if I change the volume value and it also
> won't open and play any file period, even if I put it in my home
> directory and set the permissions right. I added myself to group audio
> but that didn't change anything so I don't know what is up, why I can't
> do anything with it unless I'm root. I tried reinstalling it several
> times changing that "run X11amp as root option" and that didn't change
> anything either.

Can you decode any mp3 files using mpg123?  I'm having some troubles with
X11Amp myself.  So I'm using eMusic or mpg123 for an mp3 decoder.

> Thanks for any help,
> Chris

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