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

[Klar Brian D Contr MSG SICN]

Adding the user to the audio group did not work for me with 8b2.

Since this is just my home machine, it didn't bother me to change

perms to get sound working.

 

Brian

-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen Lawrence Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 12:41 PM
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Subject: Re: [expert] problem running sound as non-root user?

Dan Swartzendruber wrote:

At 09:34 AM 4/2/2001 -0400, Klar Brian D Contr MSG SICN wrote:
>For mpg123 I made mine 777 since it is only an
>audio player

I don't understand.  Why are the permissions on the executable
important?  I can run the program, it just doesn't have access to the audio
device (it seems).  Unless it's supposed to be SUID or something.

>Brian
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Dan Swartzendruber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 9:18 AM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
>Subject: RE: [expert] problem running sound as non-root user?
>
>
>At 08:50 AM 4/2/01 -0400, Klar Brian D Contr MSG SICN wrote:
> >For my SB Live, and Mdk 8.0b2 I had to change the
> >perms on mpg123, and for kde sounds enter play
> >in the use external player field in kde's
> >control center. Xmms is using OSS driver entry.
>change the perms to what?

The proper solution to this problem is to add your USERNAME to the AUDIO group. Don't change perms.

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