On Ma, 04 iun 13, 22:50:35, Marc Shapiro wrote: > > So I swiched over to my wife's login and did the same thing: > > play /home/marc/public_html/footpain/media/montoya.wav > ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:985:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to create IPC semaphore > play FAIL formats: can't open output file `default': snd_pcm_open > error: Permission denied > > As you can see, it failed. Can anyone tell me just what is failing > and how to correct it. My first thought was that it was a > permissions problem and perhaps she needed to be added to the > 'audio' group, or some such, as she is only in her own group. But > then I checked my daughter's account. She is also only in her own > group; not in 'audio' or anything else. So that ruled out that > solution. Not necessarily. The desktop environment might be using some *Kit to allow her to play audio. This may not apply to console applications. > The error says 'Permission denied" however, so it is some > kind of permissions problem, I just don't know what. Do try adding here to group audio and see if that helps. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
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