Found the answer here <http://alsa.opensrc.org/TroubleShooting>: chmod -R a+rwX /dev/snd/. On 10/11/05, patrick <gibblertron@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'm using mpg321 to play MP3 files, and I get a bunch of output if I > run it as a non-privileged user: > > ALSA lib confmisc.c:560:(snd_determine_driver) could not open control for card 0 > ALSA lib conf.c:3479:(_snd_config_evaluate) function > snd_func_card_driver returned error: Permission denied > ALSA lib confmisc.c:392:(snd_func_concat) error evaluating strings > ALSA lib conf.c:3479:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_concat > returned error: Permission denied > ALSA lib confmisc.c:955:(snd_func_refer) error evaluating name > ALSA lib conf.c:3479:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer > returned error: Permission denied > ALSA lib conf.c:3948:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: Permission denied > ALSA lib pcm.c:2090:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM default > ALSA snd_pcm_open error: Permission denied > > On which files/devices do I need to fix the permissions so that these > warnings don't occur? > > I would also like to be able to run alsamixer as a non-privileged user. > > Thanks, > > Patrick >
