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carney1979
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 Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2004 9:57 pm Post subject: XMMS Problem |
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Sound in Rhythmbox works great.
I'm running Gnome 2.6 with my 2.6.3 kernel.
My soundcard is cmipci (onboard).
Sometimes (not always), when I try to run XMMS I get the following error:
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Please check that:
1. You have the correct plugin selected
2. No other program is blocking the soundcard
3. Your soundcard is configured properly
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I do have the correct plugin selected. Note that I have gotten this error when attempting to play .ogg files and audio streams from Internet radio stations. But on the other hand, I've done both with no problem, too!
I don't believe I have any program that would block the soundcard. Soundserver and sound events are turned off. I've shut down Gaim and Gkrellm2, but I still get the error.
Soundcard works perfectly in KDE and with apps "made for" Gnome.
What am I missing? (besides a working XMMS)
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skunk
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| Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2004 10:12 pm Post subject: |
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when this happens close xmms and check if you still have a xmms process running.
if this is the case, kill it with killall -9 xmms.
then just open xmms again |
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carney1979
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| Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2004 10:27 pm Post subject: |
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when this happens close xmms and check if you still have a xmms process running.
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Only one instance running and when I close it, the process goes away.
Maybe I fixed this problem?? I emerged xmms-extra (extra collection of plugins for xmms) and XMMS is now working.
But then tomorrow......
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skunk
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| Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2004 10:38 pm Post subject: |
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hmmm, i also had an issue with ogg files (but under kde) and was due some wrong permission on /dev/sound/*...
they should be write/readable by both owner and group |
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cheese
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| Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2004 6:41 am Post subject: same here |
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use to have this problem on RedHat 8 & 9
now using Gentoo - same thing. I get it when i log into one user - use the sound driver, then log into another user, and then try and use Xmms - something like that. Havn't found a fix.
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Please check that:
1. You have the correct plugin selected
2. No other program is blocking the soundcard
3. Your soundcard is configured properly |
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skunk
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| Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2004 2:24 pm Post subject: |
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had the same issue with recent 2.6 kernels, i fixed it this way:
first chmod 660 /dev/sound/*
then, in order to have right permissions at next reboot, edit /etc/security/console.perms and change
| Code: | | <console> 0600 <sound> 0600 root.audio |
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| Code: | | <console> 0660 <sound> 0660 root.audio |
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cheese
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had the same issue with recent 2.6 kernels, i fixed it this way:
first chmod 660 /dev/sound/*
then, in order to have right permissions at next reboot, edit /etc/security/console.perms
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I also fix it like this, but every now and then if I change users, /dev/sound/dsp has changed permissions and user and then I have to redo it.
At the same time, the same thing happens to /dev/nvidia* ,
This is a FAQ in the nvidia drivers, there they say:
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It is likely that a security module for the PAM system may be
changing the permissions on the NVIDIA device files. In most cases
this security system works, but it can get confused. To correct this
problem it is recommended that you disable this security feature.
Different Linux distributions have different files to control this;
please consult with your distributor for the correct method of
disabling this security feature. As an example, if your system has
the file
/etc/security/console.perms
then you should edit the file and remove the line that starts with
"<dri>" (we have also received reports that additional references to
<dri> in console.perms must be removed, but this has not been verified
by NVIDIA). If instead your system has the file
/etc/logindevperms
then you should edit the file and remove the line that lists
/dev/nvidiactl. The above steps will prevent the PAM security system
from modifying the permissions on the NVIDIA device files. Next,
you will need to reset the permissions on the device files back
to their original permissions and owner. You can do that with the
following commands:
chmod 0666 /dev/nvidia* chown root /dev/nvidia*
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so the chmod/chown temperarily solves the problem, but if i comment out the section:
<xconsole> 0600 <dri> 0660 root
my X would start with security errors.
... I don't know how to solve the /dev/sound/dsp and /dev/nvidia* problems permanently. Or find out what causes this to change.
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