On Thu, 2006-12-07 at 11:24 -0700, Richard Fish wrote: > On 12/7/06, Matthias Langer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > alsa-init: using device default > > alsa-lib: pcm_dmix.c:914:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave > > alsa-init: playback open error: Invalid argument > > Could not open/initialize audio device -> no sound. > > This indicates a configuration error. The default device is > apparently the dmix plugin, but it is misconfigured to open a slave > device that doesn't exist. > > > Now the funny thing is, that the same works as root; so i guess that > > some permissions are not set correctly > > Maybe root doesn't have a ~/.asoundrc, and your regular user account does? > > -Richard
thanks for your answer that would have been very, very helpful if i hadn't already fixed this problem [1] ;-) Matthias [1]: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/cutoff=175354 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
