latest policy and sound

Harald Hoyer harald at redhat.com
Wed Apr 7 13:33:36 UTC 2004


do you have udev installed? if yes, try to
# modprobe sound-slot-0
before you log in (maybe in rc.local)

J. Scott Amort wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> Running with SELinux enabled and the latest policy (1.9.2-10), I can't
> play any sound as a regular user.  However, all works fine as root.
> Running aplay, I get:
> 
> aplay: main:502: audio open error: Permission denied
> 
> and, similarly, with alsamixer,
> 
> alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: Permission denied
> 
> This certainly appears to be SELinux related, as booting with
> selinux=permissive allows sound to play as expected.  Also, all worked
> well under the previous policy (1.9.2-9).  I'm not sure what file(s) or
> what permission(s) need to be changed.  Could anyone point me in the
> right direction?  Thanks.
> 
> Scott
> 
> 
> 





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