sound in root

[Doug Stewart]

Jerry W. Whitmire wrote:
> Hi i have a problem as root and my sound system it is
> vendor intel
> model corporation 8280/fb/fbm/fw/frw/ich6 familf ac 97 audio controller
> module intel 8x0.
> the problem is it does not work as root but if i run as user it works just fine .when i boot to root it says sound server will use the null output device .
> device default cant open for playback invalid argument.
> can i get some help with this THANKS for any help!!! 
> 

You shouldn't be logging in as root.  Log in only as a regular user and 
use su or sudo to accomplish tasks that require root-level access.  It's 
extremely bad *NIX practice to log in as root and such behavior should 
be avoided whenever possible.

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Doug Stewart
Systems Administrator/Web Applications Developer
Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Labs
dstewart at atl.lmco.com