Re: ?? user in group audio -- but only root can play sound

[Floris <jkfloris@dds.nl>]

Op Sat, 16 Jan 2016 20:06:22 +0100 schreef Gregor Zattler  
<telegraph@gmx.net>:

> Hi there,
>
> since a few days my normal user, which is in group sound, cannot
> play sound (aplay works but no sound) while root can.
>
> Any ideas how to debug this?
>
> This is a debian testing system with pulseaudio and mpd running.
>
> /dev$ find |xargs ls -ld|grep audio
> crw-rw----+  1 root audio      14,   4 Jan 16 16:32 ./audio
> lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root             8 Jan 16 16:32 ./char/14:4 ->  
> ../audio
> crw-rw----+  1 root audio      14,   3 Jan 16 16:32 ./dsp
> crw-rw----+  1 root audio      14,   0 Jan 16 16:32 ./mixer
> crw-rw----+  1 root audio      14,  16 Jan 16 16:32 ./mixer1
> crw-rw----+  1 root audio     116,   2 Jan 16 16:32 ./snd/controlC0
> crw-rw----+  1 root audio     116,   6 Jan 16 16:32 ./snd/controlC1
> crw-rw----+  1 root audio     116,   5 Jan 16 16:32 ./snd/hwC0D0
> crw-rw----+  1 root audio     116,  10 Jan 16 16:32 ./snd/hwC1D0
> crw-rw----+  1 root audio     116,   4 Jan 16 19:27 ./snd/pcmC0D0c
> crw-rw----+  1 root audio     116,   3 Jan 16 19:52 ./snd/pcmC0D0p
> crw-rw----+  1 root audio     116,   7 Jan 16 19:52 ./snd/pcmC1D3p
> crw-rw----+  1 root audio     116,   8 Jan 16 19:27 ./snd/pcmC1D7p
> crw-rw----+  1 root audio     116,   9 Jan 16 19:27 ./snd/pcmC1D8p
> crw-rw----+  1 root audio     116,   1 Jan 16 16:32 ./snd/seq
> crw-rw----+  1 root audio     116,  33 Jan 16 16:32 ./snd/timer
>
>
> Ciao, Gregor

Maybe it sounds odd, but does you have sound when you remove yourself
form the audio group?

In Debian Testing systemd takes care for setting the right rights
That is why you have a "+" at the end of the permissions.

What is the outcome of:

getfacl /dev/snd/hwC0D0

success,

floris