I appreciate the response. Any suggestions on some steps to take to try to narrow down the problem a little? All afflicted users are in the "audio" group. Thanks! On Sat, 2006-12-09 at 22:18 -0800, Avuton Olrich wrote: > On 12/9/06, Robert Goodkin <rgoodkin2002@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > For some reason alsa doesn't seem to work correctly with some apps or not at all with others unless I run as root. I checked permissions in /dev/ and everything looks ok. > > > > winecfg for example yields the following error messages... > > > > ALSA lib control.c:910:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL default:0 > > ALSA lib control.c:910:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL hw:0 > > ALSA lib pcm.c:2143:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM hw:0,0 > > ALSA lib pcm.c:2143:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM hw:0,0 > > ALSA lib seq.c:936:(snd_seq_open_noupdate) Unknown SEQ default > > > > alsa doesn't work at all in wine, however if I run as root it works like a champ! > > It could be _many_ problems, none of which are actually ALSA's fault. > I've had this issue before and it was due to pam not having correct > permissions for my audio group. Though, your user may not be in the > audio group. pam_console maybe an issue, etc... > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user