Sound error
 

hi im having this whenever i start slack. any idea what this error means or is there something wrong with my setting. pls tell me what i should do get this solved.

thanks and regards

the following is the error msg i get when i start slack as normal user.

Sound server informational message:

Error while initializing the sound driver:

device: default can't be opened for playback (permission denied)

The sound server will continue, using the null output device.

Hi,
What happens if you start as root? Have you run alsaconf yet?
--Taj

ok if i start as root i dont seem to get that error msg. from the look of it i think it has to do with permissions which i dont understand how to go about. any ideas how to solve this problems.

thanks and regards

Hi,
Check the permissions of /dev/dsp*, /dev/mixer, and /dev/midi.
Make sure that they are all owned by root and anyone (o) can rwx to them.
--Taj

chmod 666 /dev/*dsp*

a better way is to add yourself to the 'sys' group ( edit /etc/group )

Would that not raise some security issues?

I dont know how much this will affect the security issues, I was advised to do so (on LQ) when I had a similar problem