Thanks guys! You helped me solve it. :) (Don't ask, it was stupid ;)
David Talbot wrote:
> Make sure the mp3s are good. Some that are badly encoded will do that,
> sometimes just playing a little squeak then skipping to the next song.
>
> chmod 777 /dev/*YOURMIXERHERE*
> (look in the conf.modules to see what your card is aliased as.
>
> -David Talbot
>
> At 12:30 PM 6/2/00 -0400, you wrote:
> >Riyad Kalla wrote:
> >
> >> If you open a console window, and type "xmms" and run it, what does it
> >> complain about?
> >
> >It doesn't complain. :(( Also, no messages in /var/log/messages. Just all of
> >the songs in my playlist go by really fast, and nothing plays.
> >
> >> What is the error? Does XMMS even load up? Or not even load? Do you have
> >> read access to the sound files you are trying to play?
> >
> >XMMS loads and looks really pretty. But it only plays if I'm root when I run
> >it. It won't even play if I set the binary suid root (really wierd). Other
> >sound applications work fine when run as me. (ie: the `play` script works,
> >The SLab multitrack recorder even works when run as me, but not full duplex
> >since I'm still running OSS/Free. But XMMS only works as root. :(
> >
> >Thanks for the help!
> >
> >
> >Best,
> >
> >Dave Orme
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David J.
> >> Orme
> >> Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2000 10:47 PM
> >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> Subject: [Cooker] XMMS w/ Cooker
> >>
> >> Running XMMS in cooker worked fine right after I installed it. Now (1
> >> day later), it only works if I run it as root. I presume that the
> >> security scripts changed the permissions of something but since I didn't
> >> have postfix running, I have no idea what the might have changed. I'd
> >> really like to be able to do sound without needing to be root and would
> >> appreciate knowing what might have changed.
> >>
> >> Ironically, I can still use `play soundfile.au` as a normal user and
> >> this still works. XMMS just doesn't work.
> >>
> >> I installed as "high" security.
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance for your help!
> >>
> >> Dave Orme
> >
> >--
> >
> >Socialism is when man exploits man. Capitalism is the reverse.
> >
> >
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