On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 08:10:54AM +0100, Ricardo Mestre wrote: > Hello, > > I tried to open the raw device but now it seems I was to sleepy to > figure out that I couldn't access it due to sndiod(8) having the device > opened earlier and therefore coundn't reach that code path. > > Here's the audio promise added, but maybe it raises the question again > if these utilities should have direct access to the devices, and also > includes sndiod(8) not running when this is done? > > ratchov@ will this change eventually? Otherwise the below keeps that > code path happy.
As devices nodes are disabled by default for regular users, the "audio" promise doesn't add additional possibilities for regular users. On the other hand, running sndioctl as root on the raw device is useful for testing and experimenting. ok ratchov
