Hi Arian, > I have mpd set up to use alsa and use my desktop user 'arian'. > When mpd is started by debian's init script, it is unable to open the alsa > device: > > Jan 07 11:42 : alsa_mixer: Failed to read mixer for 'My ALSA Device': failed > to attach to default: No such file or directory > ALSA lib confmisc.c:768:(parse_card) cannot find card '0' > ALSA lib conf.c:4260:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_card_driver > returned error: No such file or directory > ALSA lib confmisc.c:392:(snd_func_concat) error evaluating strings ...
I think you need to set group "audio" >From mpd.conf: # This setting specifies the group that MPD will run as. If not specified # primary group of user specified with "user" setting will be used (if set). # This is useful if MPD needs to be a member of group such as "audio" to # have permission to use sound card. # #group "nogroup" Florian