[ltp] mplayer /dev/dsp: Permission denied

[Steven Haigh]

On Sun, 2003-12-28 at 20:14, gustavo wrote:
> Hello
>   The mplayer can't open de audio device like commun user,
> only can like root.
>   I add mi user to the audio users. After it xmms and other aplication
> work ok with audio but mplayer still can't open the /dev/dsp (or 
> /dev/audio).
>   Any Idea what is the problem??
>  By the way I also use a NAS audio server.
> 
>   Thank you
>      Gusti

Sounds like NAS has the soundcard open. Close NAS and see what
happens... you may need to have nas-devel package or whatever it's
called installed so mplayer compiles with NAS audio output support...

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