ALSA worked perfectly when I was using XFree. However, I recently upgraded to Xorg (I followed the instructions on the Gentoo site) and now ALSA refuses to work. I did reinstall ALSA and followed those instructions as well. Here is the problem: When I log in as root in a terminal, and then do ls -l /dev/sound, I get the following: crw------- 1 root audio 14, 12 Jun 9 15:14 adsp crw------- 1 root audio 14, 4 Jun 9 15:14 audio crw------- 1 root audio 14, 3 Jun 9 15:14 dsp crw------- 1 root audio 14, 0 Jun 9 15:14 mixer crw------- 1 root audio 14, 1 Jun 9 15:14 sequencer crw------- 1 root audio 14, 8 Jun 9 15:14 sequencer2 When I log in as a user and then do the same command (in a terminal), I get: crw------- 1 user audio 14, 12 Jun 9 15:14 adsp crw------- 1 user audio 14, 4 Jun 9 15:14 audio crw------- 1 user audio 14, 3 Jun 9 15:14 dsp crw------- 1 user audio 14, 0 Jun 9 15:14 mixer crw------- 1 user audio 14, 1 Jun 9 15:14 sequencer crw------- 1 user audio 14, 8 Jun 9 15:14 sequence Where user is the user name. When I log in as a user into X (through the XDM server), and run that command, I get: crw------- 1 root audio 14, 12 Jun 9 15:14 adsp crw------- 1 root audio 14, 4 Jun 9 15:14 audio crw------- 1 root audio 14, 3 Jun 9 15:14 dsp crw------- 1 root audio 14, 0 Jun 9 15:14 mixer crw------- 1 root audio 14, 1 Jun 9 15:14 sequencer crw------- 1 root audio 14, 8 Jun 9 15:14 sequencer2 So...in this case, the user cannot play any sound. But, they can in the terminal. I think this is because the console permissions are set differently than the X permissions. I did check my udev permissions file, but it says that the audio should be set to 660, root/audio - however it is being set to 600. Also, if I try to manually set the /dev/sound items to 660 manually, it does not seem to fix the problem (even though it should). Whatever happens when the user logs into a terminal needs to happen when the user logs into X. I'm just not sure where these problems are taking place. P.S. This problem is not new. It seems anybody with a similar setup to what I have is having this same problem. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Boot up computer. 2. Log into X as a normal user (I use the XDM server and OpenBox) 3. Attempt to play any music using any program that requires ALSA. 4. Program refuses to play. Actual Results: No sound would be played. This did work before when I had XFree, udev and ALSA installed. This stopped working after I changed XFree to Xorg. Expected Results: The music should have played. I'm not at my computer right now. Sorry for the lack of information.
Still a problem with 6.8.99.15 or modular X?
