On 11/15/07, stan <goedigi89__e@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > You can try running aplay -lLv to see if there is a default device. > If there is, something is blocking your access to it. It might be > permissions as Frank says, or it could be that something else is > grabbing the soundcard, or it could be that your default device which is > usually hw:0,0 is actually not there if you have more than one sound > card. Check /etc/modprobe.conf to see how your cards are organized. > > The fact that you can play sound at all means that your card is > recognized and the proper driver is loaded. It is just a matter of > configuration now. > Under root: =============== # aplay -ILv default:CARD=V8235 VIA 8235, VIA 8235 Default Audio Device front:CARD=V8235,DEV=0 VIA 8235, VIA 8235 Front speakers surround40:CARD=V8235,DEV=0 VIA 8235, VIA 8235 4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers surround41:CARD=V8235,DEV=0 VIA 8235, VIA 8235 4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers surround50:CARD=V8235,DEV=0 VIA 8235, VIA 8235 5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers surround51:CARD=V8235,DEV=0 VIA 8235, VIA 8235 5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers iec958:CARD=V8235,DEV=0 VIA 8235, VIA 8235 IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output null Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture) Under normal user: ================ $ aplay ALSA lib confmisc.c:768:(parse_card) cannot find card '0' ALSA lib conf.c:3510:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_card_driver returned error: No such device ALSA lib confmisc.c:392:(snd_func_concat) error evaluating strings ALSA lib conf.c:3510:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_concat returned error: No such device ALSA lib confmisc.c:1251:(snd_func_refer) error evaluating name ALSA lib conf.c:3510:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such device ALSA lib conf.c:3982:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such device ALSA lib pcm.c:2145:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM default aplay: main:546: audio open error: No such device @Frank: How can I check/modify /etc/security/console.perms.d/50-default.perms ? Thanks, -- http://vnoss.org