-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of david walcroft > Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 6:46 PM > To: For users of Fedora Core releases > Subject: Sound in KDE FC4 > > Hi > I still seem to have problems in getting Alsa to work with > KDE,OSS works ok but Alsa brings up an error that "device: default > can't be opened for playback (Permission denied)" when starting in > Sound System. > > I tried this "cat /usr/share/sounds/KDE_Startup.wav > /dev/dsp" > and returned distortion and screeching. > > Any ideas as to what is going on please Are trying this as root or another user? I had a problem where the sound would work in root, but not as a normal user. Adding the user to the "audio" group worked for me. > > david > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list - -- - - Charlie 5A27 58D2 C791 8769 D4A4 F316 7BF8 D1F6 4829 EDCF -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 8.1 iQA/AwUBQthqLnv40fZIKe3PEQItOACfRYKuLV/6W40D45M0wI70csaPx4MAn2G6 mJTJYtUJjuYeAHvdkVDJx1G2 =edDF -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----