Also, what system is this? what soundcard? When you say it works for root do you mean that you log in as you, su -l to root in a xterm and run xmms or do you restart X and log in as root? Do you use KDE or GNOME, do you have a sound server running?, have you configured gnomemeeting? I ask all these questions as I am having similar problems on a Dell inspiron 8200 laptop. it seems that I cannot have two apps using /dev/dsp at the same time. i.e. if I use xmms alone: AOK, if I start ogle, play a DVD and then start xmms, I get the same error as you. If I then stop ogle, xmms can play again... I also found that having gnomemeeting installed and configured rendered all other audio apps useless (xmms gives your error, ogle crashes on startup with the same kind of error) Sam. On Tue, 2002-11-26 at 08:20, Jesse Keating wrote: > On Monday 25 November 2002 22:31, Rob Blomquist uttered: > > I am in the same place. I can play mp3s as root, but not as user. I get a > > message box saying "Can't Open Audio" please check that: > > > > You have the correct output plugin selected. > > No other programs are blocking the soundcard > > Your soundcard is configured properly. > > Are you using OSS output (/dev/dsp) or arts/alsa output? Can you check the > permissions on /dev/dsp? Your user should have write access to it. Also > check out /etc/security/console.perms to see what is set for /dev/dsp and the > family. > > -- > Jesse Keating > For Web Services and Linux Consulting, Visit --> j2Solutions.net > Mondo DevTeam (www.mondorescue.org) > > Was I helpful? Let others know: > http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=jkeating -- Samuel Monsarrat <smonsarr.lists@free.fr> -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
