sound permissions for users, Slack 9.1
I run Slack 9.1, and all was well until I tried an unsuccessful upgrade of KDE from 3.1 to 3.2.3.
Now if I log in as root I can use /usr/bin/aplay to play a file, but as a user I get : user@shetland:~$ aplay /home/user/test.wav ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:1055:(snd_pcm_hw_open) open /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p failed: Permission denied aplay: main:484: audio open error: Permission denied user@shetland:~$ Have read about needing a group called "audio", I do not have one listed in /etc/group, do I need one? (I assume that I never needed one before I broke it) Trying to understand which files/directories I need to give "user" R/W/X permission for? I have also run alsaconf after the "upgrade" to no apparent effect all help appreciated. |
OK, what I believe you are going to need to do is update permissions on the following files:
/dev/dsp* /dev/snd* /dev/mixer* so, a command like the following might work well: chmod a+wx /dev/dsp* /dev/snd* /dev/mixer* Hope your sound problems are cleared up! |
dont forget /dev/audio for some people ;)
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