On Fri, 26 Dec 2003 06:23:20 +0000, Simon wrote:

> On Thu, 25 Dec 2003 23:48:24 -0600, Nathan <frizop@charter.net> wrote:
>> when I try and play it as a normal user, the video plays just fine. but
>> the audio is waxed.
>
> Does your user have permission to read from and write to the audio
> device (usually /dev/dsp)? If not, try adding them to the 'sys' group.

brilliant! that was exactally the problem. Does having a user in the 'sys'
group caus any sort of security risks?

--Nathan