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kirkl_uk

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Registered: 2003-11-22

Posts: 41

KDE Sound Problems

To try and configure my sound correctly, I have added the following to my modules.conf file:

alias char-major-116 snd
alias snd-card-0 snd-cmipci
        # Module options

# OSS/Free Portion
alias char-major-14 soundcore
alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0
        # Card #1
        alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
        alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
        alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
        alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
        alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-

...as well as

REGISTER ^snd/.* PERMISSIONS root.users 0660

LOOKUP snd MODLOAD
LOOKUP dsp MODLOAD
LOOKUP mixer MODLOAD
LOOKUP sequencer MODLOAD

...to my devfsd.conf file and

snd-cmipci snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss
snd-seq-oss

...to the MODULES() in my rc.conf file.

The trouble is, when starting KDE, I get the following error message:

Sound server informational message:
Error while initializing the sound driver:
device /dev/dsp can't be opened (Permission denied)
The sound server will continue, using the null output device.

I have done a complete system upgrade with pacman, and I definitely have the newest Alsa driver, lib and tools packages installed. Is there anything I have missed?

Kirk

Xentac

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From: Victoria, BC

Registered: 2003-01-17

Posts: 1,797

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Re: KDE Sound Problems

Have you seen threads like this?  http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … permission

Or checked the FAQ?
http://archlinux.veloxis.de/faq/content … 0000000000

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