Adam Jones wrote: >On 23-Feb-02, Ola Andersson wrote: > >>When I start Muse (a midi sequenser) I get >> >>ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:597:(snd_pcm_hw_open) open /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p failed: >>tkomst nekas ("tkomst nekas" meens "Access denied") >> >>I don't seem to be able to play sound with ALSA (only the OSS >>compatibility seem to work) >> > >This sounds like a file permissions problem. You probably have >permissions to write to /dev/dsp but not to /proc/asound/dev/* > The other way around.... [root@ola etc]# ls -l /dev/dsp lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 9 feb 24 17:13 /dev/dsp -> sound/dsp [root@ola etc]# ls -l /proc/asound/dev/* crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 116, 0 feb 24 19:44 /proc/asound/dev/controlC0 crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 116, 4 feb 24 19:44 /proc/asound/dev/hwC0D0 crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 116, 8 feb 24 19:44 /proc/asound/dev/midiC0D0 crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 116, 9 feb 24 19:44 /proc/asound/dev/midiC0D1 crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 116, 10 feb 24 19:44 /proc/asound/dev/midiC0D2 crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 116, 24 feb 24 19:44 /proc/asound/dev/pcmC0D0c crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 116, 16 feb 24 19:44 /proc/asound/dev/pcmC0D0p crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 116, 25 feb 24 19:44 /proc/asound/dev/pcmC0D1c crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 116, 26 feb 24 19:44 /proc/asound/dev/pcmC0D2c crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 116, 19 feb 24 19:44 /proc/asound/dev/pcmC0D3p crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 116, 1 feb 24 19:44 /proc/asound/dev/seq crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 116, 33 feb 24 19:44 /proc/asound/dev/timer [root@ola etc]# > >Try using the snd_device_uid= and snd_device_gid= options to the snd >module in modules.conf. (Perhaps make a "sound" group in /etc/group, >put yourself in it, and use snd_device_gid=<id of sound group>) Then do >a "depmod -a" and reload the sound modules. > I already have a group "audio" with number 81. I added option snd_device_gui=81 to modules.conf and rebooted my system. Still access denied. Any other known pitfalls? btw, running muse as root gets me a litle bit further. No Access denied, but otoh no sound when playing a midifile.... /Ola A _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user