xmms sound problems

digsby0007 · 05-24-2003, 11:28 AM

If I am logged in as any other user (other than root) I cannot hear sound. Do I need to give permisions out to every user, and if so, do I have to permit the users to be able to use a certain device? I am totally clueless as to what I should do.

Info:
Red Hat 8.0
AMD 950
256 ram
30 gig HD
onboard sound card (But that appears to be fine since i can hear sounds when i am logged in as root)

Thanks,
Digsby

jt1020 · 05-24-2003, 11:36 AM

hmm... i used to have the same prob... try to configure your sound as a normal user and enter the password for root and play test sound....

thats what I did...

digsby0007 · 05-24-2003, 12:23 PM

I'm not really sure how to go about doing that.

kazuni · 05-24-2003, 10:38 PM

login as other user, when u configure the sound using terminal, type su and temporarily login as root (it will prompt u for password)

HappyTux · 05-25-2003, 04:03 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by digsby0007
I'm not really sure how to go about doing that.

Open a console window then su type your root password then sndconfig which will run the sound config utility.

digsby0007 · 05-26-2003, 10:57 AM

ok so after i do that then what?

jdtiede · 05-26-2003, 03:03 PM

I have a similar, but not identical problem. I downloaded oss and now I get sounds when logging in and out and when viewing a greeting card sent through yahoo, but not other greeting cards (123, I think) and not when trying to play an audio CD with xmms or KsCD.