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Am Sonntag, 17. Januar 2010 schrieb Nikos Chantziaras: |
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> >>> my system is gentoo amd64, with kde 4.3, smplayer is 0.6.8. i setup my |
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> >>> whole as root, and the system works fine. but if i log in as a normal |
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> >>> user, the smplayer does not have some. i have already add that user |
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> >>> account into the audio group. |
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My instinctive answer would be "though shalt not log in as root." ;-) |
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> >>> what have i missed? |
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> >> |
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> >> Make sure you add yourself to at least all the following groups: |
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> >> disk wheel audio cdrom video usb plugdev |
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> >> Also make sure to logout and login again after you do that. |
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> > that's a long list...i will try it. but what i have to be in disk, |
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> > usb, and plugdev group? what are they for? |
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> usb and plugdev is for access to USB and hot-pluggable (HAL) devices, |
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> which *might* include sound cards. disk is for access to USB disks (I |
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> think). Anyway, all those groups are recommended for a desktop user to |
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> have as much functionality available as possible. |
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Now that you mention it, I've never heard of the disk group. Though my root |
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account is a member of it, all my usual user accounts are not. But mounting |
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external disks with them works flawlessly thanks to plugdev membership. |
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Gruß | Greetings | Qapla' |
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Windows: reboot. Linux: be root. |
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