Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 12:05:17 -0900 From: Beech Rintoul <beech@alaskaparadise.com> To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Cc: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com>, Daniel Leal <dleal@webvolution.net> Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: skype] Message-ID: <200812131205.17305.beech@alaskaparadise.com> In-Reply-To: <4943C8C6.3040603@webvolution.net> References: <4943C8C6.3040603@webvolution.net>
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On Saturday 13 December 2008 05:37:58 Daniel Leal wrote: > Hi ! > > My first question was to freebsd-questions, but now i think that is a > multimedia issue. > ls for /dev/dsp* shows: > crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 0, 112 Dec 13 12:43 /dev/dsp0.0 > > skype says that is using /dev/dsp > > dmesg says: > pcm0: <Intel 82801G High Definition Audio Controller> mem > 0xde300000-0xde303fff irq 22 at device 27.0 on pci0 > pcm0: [ITHREAD] > pcm0: <HDA Codec: Realtek ALC861-VD> > pcm0: <HDA Driver Revision: 20080420_0052> > > I am able to ear sound on many apps. > > mixer says: > Mixer vol is currently set to 100:100 > Mixer pcm is currently set to 100:100 > Mixer mic is currently set to 0:0 > Mixer rec is currently set to 50:50 > > But I can get no sound on skype with regular user. > > What should I do? > > Thanks, > > daniel > > Glen Barber wrote: > > On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 7:57 AM, Daniel Leal <dleal@webvolution.net> wrote: > >> Hi ! > >> > >> Is there a problem if I use skype as root? > >> like sudo skype. > >> Because, if not i will get no sound! > > > > You should never run any network-connected software as root, as it is > > a huge security hole. Fix your permissions for your sound. Try starting Skype with the following: skype -- resources=/usr/local/share/skype also, make sure your audio devices are available as a regular user. Beech -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beech Rintoul - FreeBSD Developer - beech@FreeBSD.org /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | FreeBSD Since 4.x \ / - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail | http://people.freebsd.org/~beech X - NO Word docs in e-mail | Skype: akbeech / \ - http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/7.0R/announce.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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