xmms only playing mp3 as root

[Michael Schwendt]

On Wed, 29 Dec 2010 22:33:05 +0200, Johan wrote:

> Good day,
> 
> When tested xmms on mp3,  I was logged in as root.
> 
> As user it complains ..
> 
> [johan at johan ~]$ xmms
> Message: device: default
> 
> ** WARNING **: Failed to open font: "-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-10-*".
> 
> ** WARNING **: oss_open(): Failed to open audio device (/dev/dsp): No 
> such file or directory
> 
> As root it plays but..
> 
> [root at johan ~]# xmms
> Message: device: default
> 
> ** WARNING **: Failed to open font: "-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-10-*".
> 
> ****** Well there is no such file as    /dev/dsp   ********** on my system
> 
> 
> Kindly some pointers please.

Is this with a fresh user account, where no old configuration files
are still being used? Or perhaps xmms still looks for OSS by default?

Try to delete your old configuration. Or reconfigure XMMS to use a different
output plugin, such as one for ALSA or Pulse Audio (package "xmms-pulse").

Alternatively, consider switching to a new [actively maintained] audio
player. Try "yum search xmms" to find related packages.