Re: Sound works only in run level 5, not run level 3 (Fedora 8)

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On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 11:40:15AM +0000, Chris G wrote:
> I usually use run level 3, i.e. I do a console login and then run
> startx from the command line.
> 
> Having just moved from Fedora 7 to Fedora 8 my sound no longer works
> when I use run level 3 as above.  However if I switch my system to run
> level 5 so I do a graphical gdm login the sound works.
> 
> In run level 3 the sound doesn't work because of permissions, if I
> manually set the permissions on the devices in /dev/snd to 0666 then
> sound works in run level 3.  However when in run level 5 the sound
> works with the permissions on /dev/snd devices at the default 0660.
> 
> I've compared the output of "ps -ef" for the two run levels and I
> can't see any significant differences.
> 
> Can anyone else explain what the issue might be?
> 
Typical!  Almost immediately after I sent the above message I have
come across what is almost certainly the cause - see  "Bugzilla Bug
384271: Hal does occasionally not restore ACLs".

-- 
Chris Green


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