Re: [expert] problem running sound as non-root user?

[Dan Swartzendruber]

At 08:22 AM 4/2/01 +0900, Chris Spackman wrote:
>On Sun, Apr 01, 2001 at 06:56:54PM -0400, Dan Swartzendruber wrote:
> >
> > this is driving me nuts.  for reasons not relevant here, i have done
> > a reinstall of 7.2 4 times in the last 24 hours.  some of the time,
> > as a non-root user, i can play mp3's.  the rest of the time (using
> > the mpg123 program), i get a "permission denied" error.  not aware
> > of having done anything sound-related during or after the install.
>
>Just a thought, but have you tried any other programs for sound? Like play
>or xmms, etc? I only ask because I had some problems with mpg123 when i
>first installed 7.2. Sound was working fine, it was mpg123 that was having
>problems.

no joy.  mpegplay also fails:

"No available audio device"