Problem with 6.5rc1

[Lars Bjørndal]

Hello!

Halim Sahin <halim.sahin at t-online.de> writes:

> Hi,
> On Mi, Nov 28, 2007 at 03:36:01 +0100, Lars Bj?rndal wrote:
>> 
>> At last I was able to start SD as a SD user. spd-say works. However,
>> logging in as lrs, and doing mplayer url, still gives:
>> 
>> [AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: pcm_dmix.c:831:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to
>> create IPC semaphore
>> [AO_ALSA] Playback open error: Permission denied
>  
> Try to start several mplayers without starting sd and check if that
> works on your machine.

The same user can start several mplayer sessions. Another user, except
root cannot.

> Afaik the problem you mentioned is a alsa configuration problem.
> Have a look to 
> /usr/share/alsa/cards
Does not exist on Fedora.

Lars