* Masaru Nomiya
Hello,
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Subject : Re: root cannot play sound ??? Message-ID : <20220207133656.GV4604@wahoo.no-ip.org> Date & Time: Mon, 7 Feb 2022 08:36:56 -0500
[PS] == Patrick Shanahan
has written: PS> * Patrick Shanahan
[02-07-22 05:53]: PS> > PS> > root no longer has access to sound devices, wft ???? PS> play FAIL formats: can't open output file `default': can not open audio PS> device: Connection refused
If the sound server is pulseaudio, this is a normal result.
If you install the pipewire packages onto the pulseaudio system, you can get ssounds at the root.
tks but: ~ # rpm -qa *pipewire* *pulseaudio* pipewire-modules-0_3-0.3.45-1.1.x86_64 gstreamer-plugin-pipewire-0.3.45-1.1.x86_64 pipewire-spa-tools-0.3.45-1.1.x86_64 pipewire-alsa-0.3.45-1.1.x86_64 pipewire-libjack-0_3-0.3.45-1.1.x86_64 pulseaudio-utils-15.0-9.1.x86_64 pipewire-0.3.45-1.1.x86_64 pipewire-tools-0.3.45-1.1.x86_64 pipewire-spa-plugins-0_2-0.3.45-1.1.x86_64 pipewire-pulseaudio-0.3.45-1.1.x86_64 pulseaudio-bash-completion-15.0-9.1.x86_64 pipewire-aptx-0.3.45-1.1.x86_64 pulseaudio-setup-15.0-9.1.x86_64 libpipewire-0_3-0-0.3.45-1.1.x86_64 tumbleweed was updated from pulseaudio to pipewire always using dup. and I have 4 tumbleweed system exhibiting the same problem. -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet oftc What sort of day was it? A day like all days, filled with those events that alter and illuminate our times...