Re: ?? user in group audio -- but only root can play sound

From	Gregor Zattler <telegraph@gmx.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: ?? user in group audio -- but only root can play sound
Date	2016-01-19 12:50 +0100
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Hi Jude, debian users,
* Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> [18. Jan. 2016]:
>>This is astonishing, because my main user is in
>>
>>$ groups
>>grfz cdrom floppy sudo audio dip video plugdev netdev lpadmin
>>bluetooth scanner
>>
>>being in group audio should be enough.
>>
>>
>>Actually I do hear music ATM with ncmpcpp/mpd and:
>>
>>$ sudo groups mpd
>>mpd : audio
>>
>>So mpd plays music with permissions from group audio but I cannot
>>play a wav file or hear the sound of a movie!?


> That could be a different problem.  Check entries in .mailcap and .mimetypes
> for the user account.  The audio entries may not match what's in root's
> files and that may be a contributor to this problem.  I couldn't play web
> files with the lynx browser until I adjusted those files and now that's
> possible.

Thanks for the suggestion, but I did my tests on the command
line:

aplay ~/Downloads/tuxok.wav

works works but only when invocated as root I hear the sound.  No
sound as user in group audio.  And ATM I hear musik from mpd
(group audio).

Ciao, Gregor
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Thread

?? user in group audio -- but only root can play sound Gregor Zattler <telegraph@gmx.net> - 2016-01-16 20:10 +0100
  Re: ?? user in group audio -- but only root can play sound Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2016-01-18 21:10 +0100
    Re: ?? user in group audio -- but only root can play sound Gregor Zattler <telegraph@gmx.net> - 2016-01-18 22:30 +0100
      Re: ?? user in group audio -- but only root can play sound Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> - 2016-01-19 04:30 +0100
        Re: ?? user in group audio -- but only root can play sound Gregor Zattler <telegraph@gmx.net> - 2016-01-19 12:50 +0100
          Re: ?? user in group audio -- but only root can play sound Alexis <flexibeast@gmail.com> - 2016-01-19 13:10 +0100
            Re: ?? user in group audio -- but only root can play sound Gregor Zattler <telegraph@gmx.net> - 2016-01-19 18:30 +0100
              Re: ?? user in group audio -- but only root can play sound Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> - 2016-01-20 07:10 +0100
                Re: ?? user in group audio -- but only root can play sound Gregor Zattler <telegraph@gmx.net> - 2016-01-21 17:00 +0100
                Re: ?? user in group audio -- but only root can play sound <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-01-21 21:50 +0100
  Re: ?? user in group audio -- but only root can play sound Floris <jkfloris@dds.nl> - 2016-01-21 11:30 +0100
    Re: ?? user in group audio -- but only root can play sound Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> - 2016-01-21 12:40 +0100
      Re: ?? user in group audio -- but only root can play sound Floris <jkfloris@dds.nl> - 2016-01-21 16:10 +0100
    Re: ?? user in group audio -- but only root can play sound Gregor Zattler <telegraph@gmx.net> - 2016-01-21 17:00 +0100
      Re: ?? user in group audio -- but only root can play sound Floris <jkfloris@dds.nl> - 2016-01-21 18:10 +0100
        Re: ?? user in group audio -- but only root can play sound Gregor Zattler <telegraph@gmx.net> - 2016-01-21 20:40 +0100
          Re: ?? user in group audio -- but only root can play sound Floris <jkfloris@dds.nl> - 2016-01-21 21:50 +0100
            Re: ?? user in group audio -- but only root can play sound Floris <jkfloris@dds.nl> - 2016-01-21 22:00 +0100
            Re: ?? user in group audio -- but only root can play sound Gregor Zattler <telegraph@gmx.net> - 2016-01-22 00:10 +0100
              Re: ?? user in group audio -- but only root can play sound Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> - 2016-01-22 00:20 +0100
                Re: ?? user in group audio -- but only root can play sound Floris <jkfloris@dds.nl> - 2016-01-22 10:30 +0100
                Re: ?? user in group audio -- but only root can play sound Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> - 2016-01-22 13:50 +0100
                Re: ?? user in group audio -- but only root can play sound <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-01-22 15:50 +0100
                Re: ?? user in group audio -- but only root can play sound Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> - 2016-01-22 17:20 +0100
                Re: ?? user in group audio -- but only root can play sound Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2016-01-22 19:40 +0100
                Re: ?? user in group audio -- but only root can play sound Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-01-22 15:50 +0100
                Re: ?? user in group audio -- but only root can play sound Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-01-22 15:50 +0100
                Re: ?? user in group audio -- but only root can play sound Floris <jkfloris@dds.nl> - 2016-01-22 21:00 +0100
                Re: ?? user in group audio -- but only root can play sound Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-01-22 23:20 +0100
                SOLVED ?? user in group audio -- but only root can play sound Gregor Zattler <telegraph@gmx.net> - 2016-01-22 21:50 +0100
                Re: SOLVED ?? user in group audio -- but only root can play sound Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2016-01-23 04:30 +0100

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