On Sat, 06 Nov 2021 20:58:59 +0100, Kip Warner wrote: > > On Sat, 2021-11-06 at 08:23 +0100, Takashi Iwai wrote: > > How about to run as root? > > It works as root! > > $ sudo aplay -Dplughw:1 -vv /usr/share/games/lincity-ng/sounds/Water1.wav > > So there appears to be a permission issue. I wonder why? It depends rather on your system setup and desktop environment. Usually the device file permissions are managed by logind and modified dynamically at login via ACL. As it's no kernel issue, better to ask your distro. Takashi