Re: ALSA apps only work as root!

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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...
> 


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