Re: esd doesn't play sounds, except for root

[中井 幸博 <nakai internetsolutions co jp>]

> Hello folks,
> I just installed 1.0 and esd works (finally) for all sounds (gnome
> events, enlightenment), but only for the root user.  When I login under
> my normal user account, I get no sounds.  I tried esdplay <wave_file>
> and get nothing.  Seems like some sort of security issue.  I have an
> .esd_auth file in my home directory; is this significant?  Any help
> would be appreciated.
> Tim

How is the permission of your sound device?
The problem of "root can, but users can't" is usually so.

chmod 666 /dev/audio
(or etc.)

and try with some .au file, 

cat ????.au > /dev/audio

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Yukihiro Nakai