Sound Server problem.... Probably a really easy fix..

[BSDnetAdmin]

Hey guys, i figured out my problem with XMMS and kde, i've been logging in under another name and not root to get into kde, so when i start up as my other regular username i've been using for weeks now, i get this error from KDE, when it gets to initializing desktop.


Sound Server Warning Message.
Can't set real time scheduling priority. Yo need to run artswrapper as root or setuid root. This means you will likely not be able to produce acceptable sound.


Now, how would i go about fixing this so my other username can use xmms? I'm assuming it's a permissions problem. When i login to kde as root as i am right now, xmms works and plays like a champ! how can i get it to work under my other login name? Anyone can help me?

[kriss]

As root, try to do this:

ps aux | grep artsd

And if the process belongs to root, its clogging up the soundcard, so you just kill it and it should be freed.

But its also not recomended to use soundservers, (or atleast it wasn't, I'm shure it has made some progress) because it will/used to produce lesser sound than without a soundserver.

IIRC Alan Cox has made some quite andry comments about soundservers.

Good luck

[Hellmasker]

u could pick another xmms output plugin (instead of artsd) or u could set artswrapper to suid liek the message says, this is probably the better of the 2 options as it will fix the rest of KDE as well.

su
**enter root password
whereis artswrapper
**output will be somethign like /usr/bin/artswrapper, use ur output in next line
chmod +s /usr/bin/artswrapper

and thats it. artswrapper is now suid, so it can run realtime priority.

[BSDnetAdmin]

Hey Hellmasker, i ran the command, and when i login to kde, it doesn't give me the error it was giving me previously.........

But now, when i try to run xmms it still doesn't let me play any kind of sound. it's the same ole' problem, it still locks up and doesn't do anything.

Now, How could i run this without a sound server? What is my alternative to this, how would i implement that? Please i would love to get this problem fixed sometime soon, this is giving me hell! i just want some ******* sound!

Thanks for the help guys! I dont know where i'd be without all your guys's help!

[BSDnetAdmin]

well, when i logged in as my other user, (non-root) i used k sysguard and killed the artsd process, and voila, sound works! Thanks folks!

greatly appreciated.