Sound works as user but not as root

Linux for blind general discussion blinux-list at redhat.com
Mon Aug 28 23:34:30 UTC 2017


Howdy,
what do you mean by terminology? i try to help here i read the 
documentation.
what is the need?

cheers chrys

Am 29.08.2017 um 01:28 schrieb Linux for blind general discussion:
> Has anyone figured out the pulseaudio controls terminology yet?  I 
> started running some of the pulseaudio control programs and couldn't 
> figure out what to do with what and what to leave alone.
>
> On Tue, 29 Aug 2017, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>
>> Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2017 18:22:38
>> From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
>> To: blinux-list at redhat.com
>> Subject: Re: Sound works as user but not as root
>>
>> Howdy,
>>
>> I cannot see any constructive here.
>> its not that far away i had similar problems with ALSA or ESD.
>> so "i hate that" is not usefull lol
>> problems like this are solvable. anything else is just stupid rant...
>>
>> there are 2 possible solutions:
>> 1. stream the "root" sound to the user. (see fenrirs 
>> "configure_pulse.sh" script)
>> 2. run pulse system wide (ALSA does the same here caused by design, 
>> what it doesn't make it more secure by design....)
>>
>> cheers chrys
>>
>> Am 28.08.2017 um 13:53 schrieb Linux for blind general discussion:
>>> I believe pulseaudio considers this a feature, not a bug.
>>>
>>> For me it denotes yet another reason why I hate pulse.
>>>
>>> Janina
>>>
>>> Linux for blind general discussion writes:
>>>> Both the commands "spd-conf --test-pulse" and "spd-conf --test-alsa
>>>> play sound when run as user but fail as root.
>>>> This could be why I've had so much trouble with Fenrir.
>>>> Running spd-say also only works as user.
>>>>
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