mplayer - /dev/dsp permissions

rico1986 · 2007-09-16 07:23:51

if i want to play the movie as regular user i get this:

[AO OSS] audio_setup: Can't open audio device /dev/dsp: Permission denied

here is ls for that file

[rico@x]$ ls -l /dev/dsp /dev/sound/dsp
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      9 2007-09-16 01:15 /dev/dsp -> sound/dsp
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 3 2007-09-16 01:15 /dev/sound/dsp

i added that user rico to group audio, but still permission denied.

with sudo mplayer ... works fine.

Last edited by rico1986 (2007-09-16 07:24:35)

hacosta · 2007-09-16 07:32:14

did you logged out and back in?

rico1986 · 2007-09-16 07:48:18

i totaly forgot to do that :}

now it works.

shining · 2007-09-16 09:58:39

If you're using alsa, you should probably tell mplayer to use alsa directly,
instead of going through the oss emulation.
Just put "ao=alsa" in ~/.mplayer/config

rico1986 · 2007-09-16 21:57:38

tnx for that :}

Arch Linux

#1 2007-09-16 07:23:51

mplayer - /dev/dsp permissions

#2 2007-09-16 07:32:14

Re: mplayer - /dev/dsp permissions

#3 2007-09-16 07:48:18

Re: mplayer - /dev/dsp permissions

#4 2007-09-16 09:58:39

Re: mplayer - /dev/dsp permissions

#5 2007-09-16 21:57:38

Re: mplayer - /dev/dsp permissions

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