Fedora Sound - working as root

[Kyle McMartin]

On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 10:12:46AM -0800, Richard Emberson wrote:
> First, what is mmap mode and is disabling it ok?
> Next, seems like a permission problem. What do I have the
> change the permissions of to get xmms to work with an
> ordinary user using Fedora 8?
> 

are you using a custom built kernel, or one shipped with fedora 8?

uname -a please.

cheers, Kyle