In a message dated: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 00:30:54 EDT
Adam Wendt said:

>Check the permissions on /dev/dsp (usually a link to /dev/dsp0) make sure
>the user you are trying to play mp3s with has permission to write to
>/dev/dsp0 or give xmms root permission (not always a good idea but can be
>done with 'chmod 4775 <path to xmms excutable>' (i think). I have this
>same problem each time I reinstall my system and I think this was how I
>fixed it.

Aha!!!  Thanks!  That was it.  A simple 'sudo chmod 666 /dev/dsp*' and all is 
musical :)

Thanks again!
-- 

Seeya,
Paul
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