Re: Gnome and Sound

[m2brown uwaterloo ca]

Make sure you have permissions to access /dev/dsp.

On 10 Mar 1999, Daniel A. Scholnick wrote:

> Ok.  I updated my /etc/ld.so.conf and that cleared up all of the problems finding the shared libraries.  Now everything is working fine using esddsp except for x11amp.
> 
> If I unset the SUID bit on x11amp, I can't start x11amp anymore.  I get an error that says:
> 
> opendir: Permission denied
> 
> [1]    Segmentation fault            esddsp x11amp
> 
> However, if I reset the SUID bit on x11amp, I can start up esddsp x11amp, but when i try to play mp3s, it won't play.  it just runs through the playlist very quickly and then stops.
> 
> Any ideas about what I am doing wrong?  All my other apps seem to work ok including gqmpeg.

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