Is having an audio group and making the devices owned by audio hardcoded into the software? Shouldn't defining groups and ownership be left upto the user/sysadmin and not the product? -Brooke > -----Original Message----- > From: alsa-user-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:alsa-user-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > Jonathan Stowe > Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 12:55 AM > To: alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Loading new ALSA modules > > On Thu, 2007-08-16 at 07:45 +0100, Jonathan Stowe wrote: > > On Wed, 2007-08-15 at 16:42 -0700, Wallace, Brooke wrote: > ... > > > 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 > > > > > ... > > > > > 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 > > Sorry, I misread the error. You *will* need to create the > 'audio' group > as above. > > /J\ > -- > This signature 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
