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From: Richard Fish <bigfish@××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] another strange alsa problem
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2006 18:28:56
Message-Id: 7573e9640612071024t40b46d41v9aa5d05a581b37cb@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] another strange alsa problem by Matthias Langer
1 On 12/7/06, Matthias Langer <mlangc@×××.at> wrote:
2 > alsa-init: using device default
3 > alsa-lib: pcm_dmix.c:914:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
4 > alsa-init: playback open error: Invalid argument
5 > Could not open/initialize audio device -> no sound.
6
7 This indicates a configuration error. The default device is
8 apparently the dmix plugin, but it is misconfigured to open a slave
9 device that doesn't exist.
10
11 > Now the funny thing is, that the same works as root; so i guess that
12 > some permissions are not set correctly
13
14 Maybe root doesn't have a ~/.asoundrc, and your regular user account does?
15
16 -Richard
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Re: [gentoo-user] another strange alsa problem [SOLVED] Matthias Langer <mlangc@×××.at>