Am Sonntag, 17. Januar 2010 schrieb Nikos Chantziaras: > >>> my system is gentoo amd64, with kde 4.3, smplayer is 0.6.8. i setup my > >>> whole as root, and the system works fine. but if i log in as a normal > >>> user, the smplayer does not have some. i have already add that user > >>> account into the audio group.
My instinctive answer would be "though shalt not log in as root." ;-) > >>> what have i missed? > >> > >> Make sure you add yourself to at least all the following groups: > >> > >> disk wheel audio cdrom video usb plugdev > >> > >> Also make sure to logout and login again after you do that. > > > > that's a long list...i will try it. but what i have to be in disk, > > usb, and plugdev group? what are they for? > > usb and plugdev is for access to USB and hot-pluggable (HAL) devices, > which *might* include sound cards. disk is for access to USB disks (I > think). Anyway, all those groups are recommended for a desktop user to > have as much functionality available as possible. Now that you mention it, I've never heard of the disk group. Though my root account is a member of it, all my usual user accounts are not. But mounting external disks with them works flawlessly thanks to plugdev membership. -- Gruß | Greetings | Qapla' Windows: reboot. Linux: be root.
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