Re: [Alsa-user] alsamixer error - solved

2002-07-23 Thread Florin Andrei
On Tue, 2002-07-23 at 02:37, Takashi Iwai wrote: > At 22 Jul 2002 23:42:27 -0700, > Florin Andrei wrote: > > > > Quite embarassing, i discovered the permissions on the directory > > /usr/share/alsa were 644 :-( > > Changed that to 755 and now it works. > > oh, it's a good news. > i totally forgo

Re: [Alsa-user] alsamixer error - solved

2002-07-23 Thread Mark Constable
Takashi Iwai wrote: >>Quite embarassing, i discovered the permissions on the directory >>/usr/share/alsa were 644 :-( Changed that to 755 and now it works. > > oh, it's a good news. i totally forgot this possibility. should be added to FAQ :) I added this to AlsaTips at the Wiki. Hopefully this

Re: [Alsa-user] alsamixer error - solved

2002-07-23 Thread Takashi Iwai
At 22 Jul 2002 23:42:27 -0700, Florin Andrei wrote: > > Quite embarassing, i discovered the permissions on the directory > /usr/share/alsa were 644 :-( > Changed that to 755 and now it works. oh, it's a good news. i totally forgot this possibility. should be added to FAQ :) Takashi

Re: [Alsa-user] alsamixer error

2002-07-23 Thread Takashi Iwai
Hi, At Tue, 23 Jul 2002 16:59:41 +1000, Mark Constable wrote: > > Mark Constable wrote: > > Try "chmod 666 -R /dev/snd" and see if that allows you to at least > > run all apps as any user... > > Toxic advice... should have been "chmod 666 /dev/snd/*". And to compliment > this insecure setting

Re: [Alsa-user] alsamixer error

2002-07-22 Thread Mark Constable
Mark Constable wrote: > Try "chmod 666 -R /dev/snd" and see if that allows you to at least > run all apps as any user... Toxic advice... should have been "chmod 666 /dev/snd/*". And to compliment this insecure setting the directory itself needs to be "chmod 755 /dev/snd". --markc ---

Re: [Alsa-user] alsamixer error - solved

2002-07-22 Thread Florin Andrei
Quite embarassing, i discovered the permissions on the directory /usr/share/alsa were 644 :-( Changed that to 755 and now it works. On Sun, 2002-07-21 at 23:22, Florin Andrei wrote: > - nForce soundcard (AC97 clone, works with the intel8x0 module) > - Linux Red Hat 7.3 with the latest kernel upda

Re: [Alsa-user] alsamixer error

2002-07-22 Thread Mark Constable
Florin Andrei wrote: > Ok, i did that, but it doesn't help: > > [florin@rivendell florin]$ ls -l /dev/snd/* > crw-rw-rw-1 root root 116, 0 Jul 22 22:37 > /dev/snd/controlC0 > ... > I changed snd_device_mode to 0600, and the permissions changed in > /dev/snd, so it looks like the se

Re: [Alsa-user] alsamixer error

2002-07-22 Thread Florin Andrei
On Mon, 2002-07-22 at 22:38, Florin Andrei wrote: > > > > > > ### > > > [florin@rivendell florin]$ alsamixer > > > ALSA lib control.c:601:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL default > > > > > > alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No s

Re: [Alsa-user] alsamixer error

2002-07-22 Thread Florin Andrei
On Mon, 2002-07-22 at 03:42, Takashi Iwai wrote: > At 21 Jul 2002 23:22:08 -0700, > Florin Andrei wrote: > > > > ### > > [florin@rivendell florin]$ alsamixer > > ALSA lib control.c:601:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL default > > > > alsamixer: fun

Re: [Alsa-user] alsamixer error

2002-07-22 Thread Takashi Iwai
At 21 Jul 2002 23:22:08 -0700, Florin Andrei wrote: > > - nForce soundcard (AC97 clone, works with the intel8x0 module) > - Linux Red Hat 7.3 with the latest kernel update (2.4.18-5) > - alsa-driver compiled from tarball > - alsa-lib and alsa-utils packaged into RPMs > > My sound applications wo

Re: [Alsa-user] alsamixer error

2002-07-22 Thread Florin Andrei
On Mon, 2002-07-22 at 00:09, Mark Constable wrote: > Florin Andrei wrote: > > > > If i run alsamixer as root, everything's fine. But if i run it as any > > other user, i get this error: > > > ALSA lib control.c:601:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL default > > Perhaps you have a ~/.asoundrc f

Re: [Alsa-user] alsamixer error

2002-07-21 Thread Mark Constable
Florin Andrei wrote: > - nForce soundcard (AC97 clone, works with the intel8x0 module) > - Linux Red Hat 7.3 with the latest kernel update (2.4.18-5) > - alsa-driver compiled from tarball > - alsa-lib and alsa-utils packaged into RPMs > > My sound applications work fine; i can play audio CDs with

[Alsa-user] alsamixer error

2002-07-21 Thread Florin Andrei
- nForce soundcard (AC97 clone, works with the intel8x0 module) - Linux Red Hat 7.3 with the latest kernel update (2.4.18-5) - alsa-driver compiled from tarball - alsa-lib and alsa-utils packaged into RPMs My sound applications work fine; i can play audio CDs with Grip and MP3s with XMMS (OSS plu