Kevin Gilbert wrote: > Excellent call. Did a "chmod 0666 /dev/snd/*" which resulted in: In theory, this chmod shouldn't be needed, this is probably console-kit's fault... getfacl should show your user as being granted permission here... Oh wait, you are using system mode right? Then perhaps the pulse user does not have access. Perhaps the pulse user should be added to the "audio" group (assuming the files are group owned by the audio group. > === begn === > I: core-util.c: Successfully gained nice level -11. ... > D: module-alsa-sink.c: Thread starting up > D: rtpoll.c: Acquired POSIX realtime signal SIGRTMIN+29 > E: module-alsa-sink.c: Assertion '(areas[0].step >> 3) == u->frame_size' > failed at modules/module-alsa-sink.c:177, function mmap_write(). Aborting. > === end === Ahhh indeed. This is the error I got when running pulse on my PS3! I really should have reported this before, but I didn't really play that long with Linux on the PS3. > === begin === > # aplay -D plughw:0 /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Left.wav > Playing WAVE 'music/wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 48000 Hz, Mono > <sound from speakers - but no pulseaudo running> > === end === This just proves the device and permissions work. It seems the assert above is the real problem. >> It measn that with your ALSA setup is wrong > > OK, so should I pursue this matter on an ALSA list and stop bothering you good > folks? Well, perhaps, depends what the assert above means :D Perhaps the right shift is dodgy on PPC arch? Col -- Colin Guthrie gmane(at)colin.guthr.ie http://colin.guthr.ie/ Day Job: Tribalogic Limited [http://www.tribalogic.net/] Open Source: Mandriva Linux Contributor [http://www.mandriva.com/] PulseAudio Hacker [http://www.pulseaudio.org/] Trac Hacker [http://trac.edgewall.org/]
