fedora-list Digest, Vol 17, Issue 134

[Mike McCarty]

Jerry W. Whitmire wrote:

>>Message: 18
>>Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 10:17:30 -0400
>>From: Doug Stewart <dstewart at atl.lmco.com>
>>Subject: Re: sound in root
>>To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
>>Message-ID: <42D3D0FA.3080406 at atl.lmco.com>
>>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
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>>Jerry W. Whitmire wrote:
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>>>Hi i have a problem as root and my sound system it is
>>>vendor intel
>>>model corporation 8280/fb/fbm/fw/frw/ich6 familf ac 97 audio controller
>>>module intel 8x0.
>>>the problem is it does not work as root but if i run as user it works just fine .when i boot to root it says sound server will use the null output device .
>>>device default cant open for playback invalid argument.
>>>can i get some help with this THANKS for any help!!! 
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>You shouldn't be logging in as root.  Log in only as a regular user and 
>>use su or sudo to accomplish tasks that require root-level access.  It's 
>>extremely bad *NIX practice to log in as root and such behavior should 
>>be avoided whenever possible.
>>
>>-- 
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>>Doug Stewart
>>Systems Administrator/Web Applications Developer
>>Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Labs
>>dstewart at atl.lmco.com
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>Man this really throw me off track if something is broken as root do not use root. leave it broken and go to user where it is not broken!!
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That is not what he said.

>How far will Fedora get if this kind of mentallaty is used ??
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If you look closely, you'll see that he is not a Fedora developer. Or at
least seems not to be.

>Boy why did i not think of that myself ??
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Lack of imagination? Inability to understand plain English? Sarcastic
irritating attitude?

I could continue to guess, but I'm getting tired.

Mike

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