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Date:      Wed, 16 May 2001 14:38:37 +0000
From:      "David S. Geirsson" <andmann@andmann.eu.org>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Only root can get sound.
Message-ID:  <20010516143837.A3218@bong.andmann.eu.org>
In-Reply-To: <SAK.2001.05.16.boeqcqsb@support10>; from fbsdq@yahoo.com on Wed, May 16, 2001 at 08:37:55AM -0600
References:  <SAK.2001.05.16.boeqcqsb@support10>

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The user probably has the sound output plugin set to Disk Writer or null
output. This would explain both the lack of sound and the fast timecounter.

On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 08:37:55AM -0600, Peter wrote:
> FreeBSD 4.3-Stable [cvsupped ports/base about 3 days ago]
> 
> SB 16 isa PnP Card.
> 
> Compiled kernel with:
> 
> device pcm
> device sbc0 at isa? etc etc [I don't have access to that pc now, look at LINT for specifics]
> 
> config -g
> make depend ; make ; make install ; reboot
> 
> cd /dev ; ./MAKEDEV all ; ./MAKEDEV snd0
> 
> dmesg |grep pcm  -- show the Soundblaster
> 
> cat /dev/sndstat -- >> Show SB 16 4.13
> 
> So the card is found I boot into X, start xmms nada......
> su to root, start xmms I get sound.
> 
> in /dev/
> audio/dsp/all other devices under 'man pcm' show as lrwxrwxrws and /dev/dsp0 [etc],
> are crw rw rw -- Yet only root can play sound.
> 
> 	Another thing that is weird, when a user tries to use xmms, and play music.mp3,
> the time remaining just flies by.....xmms gives no error just no sound comes out of speakers.
> root it goes: 1..............2................3....................
> user it goes: 1..2..3..4..5..6..7
> 
> 
> Now I had sound with 4.2 Stable with:
> device snd
> device sb0 at isa? etc etc [See LINT again]
> but in LINT and in config -g -- it says not to use snd, but instead use pcm, so here I am
> [I since reinstalled to 4.2-R and CVSupped to 4.3-Stable]
> 
> Any suggestions?? -- I'm about to make xmms suid root :)
> 
> 
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> www.FreeBSD.org
> 
> 
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