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

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On Mon, 18 Jan 2016, Gregor Zattler wrote:

> Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2016 16:22:45
> From: Gregor Zattler <telegraph@gmx.net>
> To: debian-user <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> Subject: Re: ?? user in group audio -- but only root can play sound
> Resent-Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2016 21:23:35 +0000 (UTC)
> Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> 
> Hi Ric, debian-users,
> * Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> [18. Jan. 2016]:
>> On 01/16/2016 02:06 PM, Gregor Zattler wrote:
>>> since a few days my normal user, which is in group sound, cannot
>>> play sound (aplay works but no sound) while root can.
>>>
>>> Any ideas how to debug this?
>>
>> Crank up alsamixer and un-mute whatever became muted. Pulse sits on top of
>> alsa. Look there first, else pulse cannot work at all. Ric
>
> Thanks, the relevant settings are unmuted and turned on.
> Actually I can hear sound with aplay -- but only as root.
>
> 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!?
>
>
> Ciao, Gregor
>
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.

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?? 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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