Re: SB PCI 128 Sound onlys plays when root.
I tried to add a user account to audio - no change. It was a good idea, though. There
is another thing. When logged in as a user, enlightenment only shows me grey buttons
for the apps buttons. I can see the images for the control buttons on the bottom
(right corner) and top (left corner). I am using the default theme.
servis@purdue.edu wrote:
> Everything seems ok. You probably need to add your user account to the
> audio group. As root enter 'adduser <user login> audio'. The next time
> you log into your user account it sound should work. Note in the
> directory listing below that the files are read/write by the owner root
> and by the group audio.
>
> --
> Brian
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> *- On 17 Feb, benjamin mcgough wrote about "SB PCI 128 Sound onlys plays when root."
> > I think that this is a configuration problem involving file permissinos.
> >
> > See below for hardware/software list.
> >
> > I cannot seem to play sounds when logged in as a user, only when logged
> > in as root. When I am root, they work just fine. I am using the
> > Ensoniq 1370 driver from the 2.1.125 kernel, and I'm not using it as a
> > module, nor do I have OSS drivers installed. I suspect that somewhere
> > along the way some file permissions got screwed up. I looked in /dev
> > and I found these:
> >
> > crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 4 Jul 20 1998 audio
> > crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 20 Jul 20 1998 audio1
> > crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 3 Jul 20 1998 dsp
> > crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 19 Jul 20 1998 dsp1
> > crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 2 Jul 20 1998 midi00
> > crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 18 Jul 20 1998 midi01
> > crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 34 Jul 20 1998 midi02
> > crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 50 Jul 20 1998 midi03
> > crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 0 Jul 20 1998 mixer
> > crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 16 Jul 20 1998 mixer1
> > crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 1 Jul 20 1998 sequencer
> > crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 8 Jul 20 1998 sequencer2
> > crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 6 Jul 20 1998 sndstat
> >
> > Should I have multiple /dev/audios and /dev/dsps? Are they the
> > correct permissions.
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated. I'm so close to being able to use sound
> > under linux!
> >
> > Please respond on this list if you think it will be useful to others,
> > but e-mail me privately otherwise.
> >
> > Thank you,
> > benjamin mcgough
> > bmcgough@olywa.net
> >
> > My System:
> > ASUS P2B / PII-233 / 128MB SDRAM
> > Diamond Fireport 20 (NCR53c875) PCI SCSI controlling:
> > Toshiba 2X SCSI
> > Toshiba 40X SCSI
> > Phillips 2X CD-RW SCSI
> > 14.4 EIDE Hard Drive (that was fun to fdisk!)
> > Diamond Viper 550 (Nvidia Riva TNT) AGP
> > Hauppauge WinTV 401 (stereo w/radio)
> > SoundBlaster PCI 128 (Ensoniq 1370)
> >
> > My Software:
> > Debian 2.0 installed base system only.
> > XFree86 3.3.3.1 installed manually.(for the Riva TNT)
> > Debian 2.1 packages used to update everything.
> > Kernel 2.1.125 (from slink package)
> > Enlightenment 14
> > Gnome .99 (whatever was in slink)
> >
> >
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