On Wed, 2007-08-15 at 16:42 -0700, Wallace, Brooke wrote: > Thanks, I fixed up the symlink to point to the new version. > Unfortunately ALSA and RedHat disagree about where the libs should be > installed - /lib vs /usr/lib... > > Seems like I'm closer, I was able to run alsamixer. But now aplay gives > me this strange error. I'm not sure what group its talking about. I have > write access to the devices files... Not sure I want to create a group > audio either... > > brookew z: aplay testpcm1.wav > ALSA lib pcm_direct.c:1590:(snd_pcm_direct_parse_open_conf) The field > ipc_gid > must be a valid group (create group audio) > aplay: main:545: audio open error: Invalid argument > > brookew z: ls /dev/snd > total 0 > drwxr-xr-x 2 root users 160 Aug 14 15:16 . > drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4860 Aug 14 15:17 .. > crw-rw---- 1 root users 116, 0 Aug 14 15:16 controlC0 > crw-rw---- 1 root users 116, 24 Aug 14 15:16 pcmC0D0c > crw-rw---- 1 root users 116, 16 Aug 14 15:16 pcmC0D0p > crw-rw---- 1 root users 116, 26 Aug 14 15:16 pcmC0D2c > crw-rw---- 1 root users 116, 1 Aug 14 15:16 seq > crw-rw---- 1 root users 116, 33 Aug 14 15:14 timer > The device files should have the group 'audio' - so (as root) you should do: # chgrp audio /dev/snd/* If this complains that the group doesn't exist already then you will need to add it with: # groupadd audio /J\ -- My guitar kills bloggers ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
