[x-posted to blfs-dev] Josh Adell wrote these words on 03/20/05 15:55 CST:
> I just installed ALSA 1.0.7 lib and utils. The compiliation and > installation went fine. I then installed XMMS. I was unable to get > XMMS to play a file as any user except root. Also, I could not play any > file using aplay on the command line as any user except root. > > After an hour or so of frustration, I tracked down the > /etc/udev/permissions.d/25-lfs.permissions file. > > I changed the line: > > snd/*:root:audio:0660 > > to: > > snd/*:root:audio:0666 > > and now I am able to use both aplay and XMMS as other users. Though this is one way to get the audio system to work for non-root users, the preferred method is to add the users requiring access to the sound devices to the 'audio' group. This will be addressed in future versions of BLFS, and it may be something we want to sneak into the 6.0pre1 version (a mention of adding users to the 'audio' group). -- Randy rmlscsi: [GNU ld version 2.15.94.0.2 20041220] [gcc (GCC) 3.4.3] [GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.4] [Linux 2.6.10 i686] 15:51:01 up 18 days, 1:55, 4 users, load average: 0.16, 0.03, 0.01 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
