Public bug reported: Most applications with some kind audio component segfault when started as a normal user, works ok when launched with sudo.
Sound does works. Example : $ alsamixer Segmentation fault $ dmesg | tail -1 [85176.329383] alsamixer[1311]: segfault at 9f9eebd8 ip 9feedaf7 sp bfc5dfb4 error 4 in libpthread-2.8.90.so[9fee7000+15000] But $ sudo alsamixer Works ok Same with the volume control applet User is in the audio group : $ id uid=1000(demo) gid=1000(demo) groups=1000(demo),4(adm),20(dialout),24(cdrom),25(floppy),29(audio),30(dip),44(video),46(plugdev),107(fuse),109(lpadmin),115(admin) Info : Description: Ubuntu 8.10 Release: 8.10 ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Applications segfaults when accessing audio https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/601000 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs