Re: arts Server Problem - only running as root

On Sat, Jul 19, 2003 at 01:23:00PM +0200, Thorsten Viel wrote:
> Hi List,
>
> i got a problem ;-).
>
> After installation of the necessary packages for a soundsystem, logging in
> as nonroot user i always get the following error message:
>
> Sound server informational message:
> Error while initializing the sound driver:
> device: default can't be opened for playback (No such file or directory)
> The sound server will continue, using the null output device.
>
> Am I logging in to KDE as root everything works perfectly:

Add any users who will be using the sound server to group audio.

# adduser user audio

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Jerome
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i usually do this after on a freshly installed debian :

$ for group in audio floppy cdrom; do
sudo addgroup $USER $group
done

(you don't need sudo, just run as root and change
$USER to the user you want to modify).

other groups, such as adm and src, can be useful to the administrator
(the user who has root access).

you can check what device belong to thisgroup with
$ find /dev -group thisgroup

piem.

On Saturday 19 July 2003 18:53, Jerome Acks Jr wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 19, 2003 at 01:23:00PM +0200, Thorsten Viel wrote:
> > Hi List,
> >
> > i got a problem ;-).
> >
> > After installation of the necessary packages for a soundsystem, logging
> > in as nonroot user i always get the following error message:
> >
> > Sound server informational message:
> > Error while initializing the sound driver:
> > device: default can't be opened for playback (No such file or directory)
> > The sound server will continue, using the null output device.
> >
> > Am I logging in to KDE as root everything works perfectly:
>
> Add any users who will be using the sound server to group audio.
>
> # adduser user audio


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