On 02/11/2014 02:39 PM, Darrell Anderson wrote:
>> I'll give it a try. But I learned during the original problem I 
>> >had with sound,
>> >root uses a completely different sound scheme than normal users in 
>> >TDE. root
>> >makes use of alsa-raw which bypasses a bulk of the user sound 
>> >config, so it may
>> >work fine and still not be a permission issue.
> If true then file a bug report. There should be no reason why root 
> should use arts differently than non-root users.
> 

I think this has to work this way due to the way polkit/udev, etc.. provide user
hardware access while there are no limitation on root access to hardware devices
(this is the nitty-gritty where my eyes start crossing...) I'll check further
and see if I can confirm the exact differences. (this may be part of the reason
root login is discouraged -- I don't know)

I'll check on real hardware, but that should not be an issue since here sound is
working on vbox. It shouldn't matter to TDE, since it is just a matter of sound
calls being made to moduleX. As long as it is activating/calling moduleX
correctly, then sound should play. Since sound does play in everything except
TDE, it looks suspect. I'll do all the tests you suggested and a real hardware
test. We shall chase it down...

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David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.