Re: [SOLVED] Sound isnt working properly

["Gregor Galwas" <g.galwas@highantdev.de>]

I checked /etc/group on my laptop (freshly installed debian system) and it  
was read/write to root , read to group/others.
MY /etc/group was read/write to root, forbidden to group/others.

Yes, the backup-copy (group-) is read/write to root, forbidden to  
group/others.

I am sure it was like that.
Beside that it started working after that correction.




On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:54:42 +0200, s. keeling <keeling@nucleus.com> wrote:

> Gregor Galwas <g.galwas@highantdev.de>:
> >  Ok, found the problem - kind of.
> >
> >  1. /etc/group was *READ*/write only to root. group/other were totally
> >  forbidden.
>
> Just to verify, are you sure that was /etc/group, or might it have
> been /etc/group- (namely its backup copy)?  The latter should be 600.
>
> >  Alsa couldn't read /etc/group and could't check if a user has the  
> > right to
> >  play audio
> >  -> ALSA lib pcm_direct.c:1605:(snd1_pcm_direct_parse_open_conf) The  
> > field
> >  ipc_gid must be a valid group (create group audio)
> >
> >  2. knotify4 was blocking the sound. I renamed it. Done. Now everything
> >  play fine, even 5.1 sorround-sound is fine.