Re: ALSA or XMMS problem?
High,
On Sun, 3 Mar 2002, Axel Minck wrote:
> I had the same problem. I solved it with:
> chmod a+rw /dev/dsp
>
This is NOT the correct way to solve it under Debian. Debian uses groups
to deceide which users are allowed to use certain hardware and which are
not. See my reply on the original post.
Greetz,
Sebastiaan
> 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.
> >
>
>
>
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