Is the user a member of the audio group? If not, try adding them...
If that isn't the problem, I wonder if there's a config file which is suggesting that that user's sound device ISN'T the normal /dev/dsp... If you look in KControl in the Sound server setup, is anything unusual there? HTH David On Sunday 16 February 2003 23:07, Robert Tilley wrote: > I am clueless as to how to solve this sound problem. This has occured > before to this user account. Switching to root solves the problems with > using sound but I'd rather not suid root every sound application I have. > > Any ideas? > > 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. > -- > Comments are most appreciated, > > Bob On Sunday 16 February 2003 23:07, Robert Tilley wrote: > I am clueless as to how to solve this sound problem. This has occured > before to this user account. Switching to root solves the problems with > using sound but I'd rather not suid root every sound application I have. > > Any ideas? > > 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. > -- > Comments are most appreciated, > > Bob
