Hallo, Alberto Monteiro hat gesagt: // Alberto Monteiro wrote: > Frank Barknecht wrote: > >> BTW, the permissions for /usr/dsp are: > >> > >> crw-rw-rw- 1 albmont audio 14, 3 Nov 7 03:05 /dev/dsp > > > > /dev/dsp and all other sound devices in /dev/snd/ should not belong to > > a user but belong to root. So it should look somthing like this: > > > > ... > > crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 56 Jul 30 23:47 /dev/snd/pcmC1D0c > > crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 48 Jul 30 23:47 /dev/snd/pcmC1D0p > > ... > > > > "crw-rw-rw- 1 root audio ..." also is okay. > > > Ok, I chowned it to root:audio > > > Also make sure your user account is member of the group "audio" (check > > with "groups"). > > > Uh?
"groups" is a command you can use in a terminal to check which groups you belong to. There are some more funny commands in Linux, like "id" or "whoami" ("Who am I"), which are invaluable tools if you're logged in to many machines all over the net at the same time like I often am. ;) > > > Now you can see that I have a _big_ problem :-) > > > > This might just be a permission problem. > > > When I run xmms, I get a pop-up window with an error message > like [it's in Portuguese, I am trying to translate it]: > > Error opening audio > > Please verify if: > > 1. You have the correct output plugin > 2. No other program is blocking the sound card > 3. Your sound card is correctly configured > > Also, there's a text error message in the terminal, saying > > ** WARNING **: oss_open(): Failed to open audio device (/dev/dsp): > Permissão negada > > [Permissão negada == Permission denied] Could you also try to play something with "aplay" or any other native ALSA software? It might be, that only OSS programs fail. The ALSA-OSS modules are loaded, right? If yes, then I'm beginning to meet my Waterloo... > >> Also, when trying to install ALSA, I did something that > >> crashed the gcc compilation: now it's including wrong files :-( > > > > This shouldn't be possible to happen. > > > It didn't happen - it was just my paranoia :-) That's what "they" have told me, too. ;-) ciao -- Frank Barknecht _ ______footils.org__ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user