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On 07/02/2009 05:31 PM, Bill Nottingham wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Jonathan Kamens (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jik@kamens.brookline.ma.us">jik@kamens.brookline.ma.us</a>) said:
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<pre wrap="">No, I think it's because permissions aren't being set properly on the
devices in /dev/snd:
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<pre wrap="">Permissions should be handled via ACL, which ls won't show.
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Well, then, perhaps the ACLs are wrong. At least, it sure seems that
way (terminal cut-and-paste colorized by me for readability):<br>
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<tt><font color="#999999">jik2:~!1011$</font> <b>xmms</b><br>
<font color="#660000">Message: device: default<br>
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** WARNING **: alsa_get_mixer(): Attaching to mixer hw:0 failed:
Permission denied<br>
<i>[xmms fails to play music properly]</i></font><br>
<font color="#999999">jik2:~!1012$</font> <b>sudo chown jik /dev/snd/*</b><br>
<font color="#660000">[sudo] password for jik: </font><br>
<font color="#999999">jik2:~!1013$</font> <b>xmms</b><br>
<font color="#660000">Message: device: default<br>
<i>[xmms plays music with no trouble]</i></font><br>
<font color="#999999">jik2:~!1014$</font> </tt><br>
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jik<br>
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