Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> writes: > On Sun 02 Jul 2017 at 15:10:34 +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > >> Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> writes: >> >> > On Sun 02 Jul 2017 at 09:29:25 +0000, Curt wrote: >> > >> >> On 2017-07-02, Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.med...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > >> >> >========================================================================== >> >> >XDG_RUNTIME_DIR (/run/user/1000) is not owned by us (uid 0), but by uid >> >> >1000! (This could e g happen if you try to connect to a non-root >> >> >PulseAudio as a root user, over the native protocol. Don't do that.) >> >> >AO: [alsa] 48000Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample) Video: no video >> >> >Starting playback... >> >> >> No, neither >> >> XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/0 mplayer ... ? >> >> nor >> >> export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR="" >> >> did help... > > Help with what? export.... is only intended to make the variable empty > so that the message above does not appear after a su to root. It does > not turn a non-working audio into a working one. > > Your original problem (no CD audio as a user) has been solved. No audio > as root is an interesting problem but hardly critical. I have no issue > with audio as a user or as root when playing a CD. Reviewing any tweaks > you have made to the system is advised.
It's so... All right. Thanks, Rodolfo