> Kevin.
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> > From: Amos Shapira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: Slug
> > Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: [SLUG] xmms won't play for non-root]
> > Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 12:00:46 +
> >
> > On 20/0
anything useful.
Etch doesn't install xmms by default but Rythymbox works (it
didn't in
FC)
Cheers,
Kevin.
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> To: Slug
> Subject: Re: [Fwd:
On 20/09/2007, Kevin Shackleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Creating an audio group, assigning /dev/dsp to the audio group and
> adding myself to the audio group made no difference. It seems that I've
> applied a solution without knowing what the problem was. Any clues as
> to how to identify t
Erik,
Yes, I tested with 'groups', /dev/dsp shows the group is 'audio'.
This pc uses ALSA. I've had trouble with eg audacity in the past where
there was competition between possible audio streams
Now, this is weird - when I ran 'strace xmms' (to see if I could pick an
error) it all worked! Exc
On 9/20/07, Kevin Shackleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Creating an audio group, assigning /dev/dsp to the audio group and
> adding myself to the audio group made no difference. It seems that I've
> applied a solution without knowing what the problem was. Any clues as
> to how to identify the pr
Creating an audio group, assigning /dev/dsp to the audio group and
adding myself to the audio group made no difference. It seems that I've
applied a solution without knowing what the problem was. Any clues as
to how to identify the problem?
From: Erik de Castro Lopo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Most like
This is usually relevant to the permissions on /dev/dsp - usually it's rw
for the audio group.. you can modify these as you see fit
$ ls -l /dev/dsp
crw-rw 1 root audio 14, 3 2007-09-17 14:28 /dev/dsp
On 9/20/07, Kevin Shackleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Erik,
>
> This machine does no
] xmms won't play for non-root]
Erik,
This machine does not have an "audio" group. I'll try out that concept
after work. Thanks,
Kevin.
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From: Erik de Castro Lopo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Kevin Shackleton wrote:
> Any ideas about l
Erik,
This machine does not have an "audio" group. I'll try out that concept
after work. Thanks,
Kevin.
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From: Erik de Castro Lopo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Kevin Shackleton wrote:
> Any ideas about looking for the problem?
Most likely cause is that you are not
