On Tue, 2008-02-12 at 19:53 -0200, Paulo Cavalcanti wrote: > > > On Feb 12, 2008 7:23 PM, Kevin Kempter <kevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > I got no answer to my question about sound in f8 working > only as root, > > so let me ask the question a different way. > > > > This could only happen if some vital component in processing > sound has > > the wrong permissions. Could any one suggest what that > component could > > be? This is very frustrating. > > -- > > > > Are you sure you did not remove any package you should not? > Are you using gnome? kde? > > I think pulseaudio is responsible r I am using gnome and have removed pulseaudio. > I only had a similar nd I havr when I tried to open another X screen > for directing mplayer > to my tv-out, and pulse was not running, of course, for the new > screen. > > I had to create an audio group for this case, which allowed me to do > that without being root, > or accessing the audio devices from a remote login. > > > -- > Paulo Roma Cavalcanti > LCG - UFRJ > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list -- ======================================================================= Whoever tells a lie cannot be pure in heart -- and only the pure in heart can make a good soup. -- Ludwig Van Beethoven ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx