Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From:	Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com>
To:	gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject:	[gentoo-user] Re: Sound... a known method to track down problems
Date:	Thu, 02 Mar 2006 17:36:14
Message-Id:	`87mzg8pxrp.fsf@newsguy.com`
In Reply to:	[gentoo-user] Sound... a known method to track down problems by Harry Putnam

1	Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com> writes:
2
3	> . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... I'm in need of sound on my
4	> unix box and kind of quickly. I never even configure sound or want it
5	> as a rule but now I need it to test some recording equipment on a
6	> second winxp computer with m-audio delta-66 installed.
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8	This was solved by going thru the Alsa Guide. But I got a sneaking
9	suspiciion that my main trouble was not understanding that play stuff
10	would only work for root. So naturally anything in KDE desktop would
11	be my user.
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13	I never thought to try playing as root.
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15	So now all fixed and added my user to audio group as stipulated in
16	ALSA Guide.
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