=============== none-root user fails games@gentoo ~ $ LANG=en_US.utf8 speaker-test speaker-test 1.0.23 Playback device is default Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 1 channels Using 16 octaves of pink noise ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:985:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to create IPC semaphore Playback open error: -13,Permission denied ================= root user OK # LANG=en_US.utf8 speaker-test speaker-test 1.0.23 Playback device is default Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 1 channels Using 16 octaves of pink noise Rate set to 48000Hz (requested 48000Hz) Buffer size range from 2048 to 8192 Period size range from 1024 to 1024 Using max buffer size 8192 Periods = 4 was set period_size = 1024 was set buffer_size = 8192 0 - Front Left ========vlc fails for none-root users too. [0x12f70c8] main blend debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.266 ms - Total 0.266 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.266 ms) ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:985:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to create IPC semaphore [0x11e76c8] qt4 video output debug: Qt: Entering Fullscreen [0x7f786c250488] alsa audio output debug: failed to find a useable alsa configuration QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 1 ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:985:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to create IPC semaphore [0x11e76c8] main video output debug: Post-processing available [0x7f786c250488] main audio output debug: using audio output module "dummy" ================= root ok [0x12f70c8] main blend debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.266 ms - Total 0.266 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.266 ms) QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 1 [0x7f0fb804f708] qt4 video output debug: Qt: Entering Fullscreen QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 1 [0x7f0fb8112df8] alsa audio output debug: opening ALSA device `default' [0x7f0fb8112df8] main audio output debug: thread (aout) created at priority 15 (alsa.c:687) [0x7f0fb8112df8] main audio output debug: using audio output module "alsa"
Just checking: is your user in the audio group?
it works now. thank you very much. # gpasswd -a games audio
