Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:36:08 +1100 From: Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: skype 1.4.0.118 need root privilege Message-ID: <20071121143608.7bbe9e09@meijome.net> In-Reply-To: <20071111232032.7410449b@mail.ru>
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On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 23:20:32 +0200
Andrey Angelov <mortallink@mail.ru> wrote:
> Hello I use freebsd 6.2 few days before I portupgraded skype up to
> 1.4.0.118 it working fine but the problem is when I run it as non-root
> user I got "problem with audio playback" when I run it as root all
> working fine up to portupgrade I worked with 1.2.x and there was not
> any problems. I checked all permissions and all look fine. So what is
> the problem bug in skype or what ? I have no idea.
Hi Andrey,
i can't test this on 6.2, but 1.4 was working ok as user on 7.0. are you positive you can write to the pcm devices?
long shot, did u configure skype to try to use a port other than 80 for incoming traffic (anything < 1024 will need root privs).?
B
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