On Tue, 2008-02-12 at 21:07 -0800, Frank Chiulli wrote: > On Feb 12, 2008 1:17 PM, Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I got no answer to my question about sound in f8 working only as root, > > so let me ask the question a different way. > > > > This could only happen if some vital component in processing sound has > > the wrong permissions. Could any one suggest what that component could > > be? This is very frustrating. > > -- > > ======================================================================= > > To the systems programmer, users and applications serve only to provide > > a test load. > > ======================================================================= > > Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > Aaron, > I had the same problem. But I was also getting a startup message > about a syntax error in /etc/security/console.perms.d/50-default.perms > on line 19 at 0600. The error was a right paren instead of a greater > than: <sound) <sound> > > Once I corrected that sound worked just fine. > > Frankt > Your a genius. Or at least you had the critical piece of information. My /etc/security/console.perms.d/50-default.perms had no sound clauses at all. It had no cdrom clauses either. Once that correction was made sound works. I will have to remember to check that in the future. But how could that have happened. I assume it was related to the system not recognizing the sound card. -- ======================================================================= Given its constituency, the only thing I expect to be "open" about [the Open Software Foundation] is its mouth. -- John Gilmore ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
