--- Randy McMurchy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [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).
>
who does not require sound on a desktop or a laptop
unless he/she is deaf? Who wants sound on a server? :)
Sagara
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