Re: real player plugin only as root
On Thursday 02 January 2003 21:37, ernst wrote:
> you scould check the rights
>
> (chmod a+rw /dev/dsp)
>
> # ls -la /dev/dsp
> crw-rw-rw- 1 root audio 14, 3 Nov 4 2001 /dev/dsp
> #
>
Well, I have RealPlayer, and all the permissions are correct and the mozilla
plugin is loaded, but I can't use it. Mozilla doesn't bring the program up
when needed, and when I run the program itself, I get an error message
telling me that cannot open audio device, another program might be using it.
Cheers
Aryan
> On Thu, 2 Jan 2003, John Kerr Anderson wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I recently tried installing Real Player 8 plugin for Netscape 7.0.
> > NS7.0 recognises the plugin for all users, but when I try to listen to
> > Netscape radio, only root can hear the sound.
> >
> > Can anyone tell me how to get the sound to work for other users? Any
> > advice would be helpful...
> >
> > Thanks in advance! :-)
> >
> > John Kerr Anderson
> >
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