Sound problem -- better defined (FIXED -- I think...)

[Brett I. Holcomb]

It handles permissions for various devices when you switch users.

Joel Hammer wrote:

> I am sure TakeConsole does something useful/important, I just haven't
> figured out yet what it is.
> Joel
> 
> On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 11:43:29PM -0500, Tim Wunder wrote:
>> Previously, Joel Hammer chose to write:
>> > Could this be a TakeConsole/GiveConsole problem? Maybe disable those
>> > scripts and see what happens.
>> > /etc/X11/kdm/TakeConsole
>> >
>> 
>> Well, I did two things since my original post (always a good way to fix
>> something and not know what REALLY fixed it). I configured KDE to use
>> ALSA,
>> with full duplex and I editted /etc/X11/kdm/TakeConsole  so that
>> AUDIO_DEVICES="".
>> I then logged out and re-started the X server downstairs, logged out and
>> restarted the remote X session upstairs and logged in as my son from the
>> upstairs PC. Came downstairs, logged in as me, fired up the GWC program
>> and it played a WAV file flawlessly.
>> Since I had the problem when logged into gnome using gdm, I highly doubt
>> the sound server changes I made under KDE fixed it, so...
>> Thanks, Joel!
>>

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