Sound error

greythorne · 05-31-2004, 10:37 PM

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.

tmorton · 05-31-2004, 10:45 PM

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

greythorne · 05-31-2004, 11:28 PM

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

tmorton · 06-01-2004, 07:44 PM

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

At0mic_PC · 06-01-2004, 07:51 PM

chmod 666 /dev/*dsp*

usercsr · 06-01-2004, 08:06 PM

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

sh1ft · 06-01-2004, 10:11 PM

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

Would that not raise some security issues?

usercsr · 06-02-2004, 12:29 AM

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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