Re: ALSA or XMMS problem?

[Axel Minck <minck@eleves.enpc.fr>]

I had the same problem. I solved it with:
chmod a+rw /dev/dsp

Stefan Bellon wrote:

> Hi!
>
> My HP OmniBook XT1000 has an VIA Technologies VT82C686A sound chip
> onboard. Therefore I compiled the ALSA modules (0.9) for my 2.4.17
> kernel.
>
> The weird thing is: When using XMMS to play some sound file, this only
> works for user root (which I really do *NOT* want to use for such
> stuff). Other users don't get sound with XMMS (if you click on play,
> nothing happens, i.e. the song really does not play). However if I pipe
> some data into /dev/dsp, then even users can hear "sound".
>
> alsaplayer itself doesn't work for either root nor users. Hm.
>
> So, what's my problem here? It surely is no hardware problem as the
> sound indeed does work (for root).
>
> Any hints appreciated! :-)
>
> TIA.
>
> Greetings,
>
> Stefan.