Quite embarassing, i discovered the permissions on the directory /usr/share/alsa were 644 :-( Changed that to 755 and now it works.
On Sun, 2002-07-21 at 23:22, Florin Andrei wrote: > - nForce soundcard (AC97 clone, works with the intel8x0 module) > - Linux Red Hat 7.3 with the latest kernel update (2.4.18-5) > - alsa-driver compiled from tarball > - alsa-lib and alsa-utils packaged into RPMs > > My sound applications work fine; i can play audio CDs with Grip and MP3s > with XMMS (OSS plugin). > If i run alsamixer as root, everything's fine. But if i run it as any > other user, i get this error: > > ############################################### > [florin@rivendell florin]$ alsamixer > ALSA lib control.c:601:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL default > > alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such file or > directory > [florin@rivendell florin]$ > ############################################### > > If i change permissions to /dev/mixer0 to 666, it does not help, and the > permissions are lost after reboot anyway. > > What am i doing wrong? > > -- > Florin Andrei > > http://florin.myip.org/ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-user mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user -- Florin Andrei http://florin.myip.org/ ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
