This is an up-to-date, PulseAudio-less F18/Xfce running on an eeepc. In an xterm, mplayer -ao alsa ... says [AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: confmisc.c:768:(parse_card) cannot find card '0' [AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: conf.c:4246:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_card_driver returned error: Permission denied [AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: confmisc.c:392:(snd_func_concat) error evaluating strings [AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: conf.c:4246:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_concat returned error: Permission denied [AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: confmisc.c:1251:(snd_func_refer) error evaluating name [AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: conf.c:4246:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: Permission denied [AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: conf.c:4725:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: Permission denied [AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: pcm.c:2217:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM default [AO_ALSA] Playback open error: Permission denied Failed to initialize audio driver 'alsa' Could not open/initialize audio device -> no sound. Audio: no sound But the same works in a virtual console (even while X is running). Is there something I could check? Andras -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org