At 21 Jul 2002 23:22:08 -0700, Florin Andrei wrote: > > - nForce soundcard (AC97 clone, works with the intel8x0 module) > - Linux Red Hat 7.3 with the latest kernel update (2.4.18-5) > - alsa-driver compiled from tarball > - alsa-lib and alsa-utils packaged into RPMs > > My sound applications work fine; i can play audio CDs with Grip and MP3s > with XMMS (OSS plugin). > If i run alsamixer as root, everything's fine. But if i run it as any > other user, i get this error: > > ############################################### > [florin@rivendell florin]$ alsamixer > ALSA lib control.c:601:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL default > > alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such file or > directory > [florin@rivendell florin]$ > ############################################### > > If i change permissions to /dev/mixer0 to 666, it does not help, and the > permissions are lost after reboot anyway. > > What am i doing wrong?
please check whether you set any gid/uid/permission options of snd module in /etc/modules.conf, such like snd_device_mode=0600. for convenient (but insecure) use, try snd_device_mode=0666. btw, the device file you mentioned above is for oss only, not for alsa, which uses the files /dev/snd/*. Takashi ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
