Due to changes in udev on F-17, /dev/snd/seq does not have proper ACL for the logged in user. As a result, any user ((e.g. audio production users) trying to access the Alsa sequencer device gets denied. Please see bug #827655 for background. F-16 does not have this issue. The solution to the problem is to include a file $ echo snd_seq > /etc/modules-load.d/seq.conf We thought that this file might be suitable for the alsa-lib package. Could you please include such a file in the alsa-lib package? Thanks!
I was wondering if there was any update on this? This bug is of keen interest to the Fedora Audio spin team. Thanks
Brendan, Fernando, Could you try adding yourself to the "audio" usergroup, logoff/login, and see if you still have the errors?
I backported the f18 changes (added back the /lib/modprobe.d/dist-alsa.conf file) to alsa-lib-1.0.26.1 .
python-alsa-1.0.26-1.fc17, alsa-plugins-1.0.26-1.fc17, alsa-tools-1.0.26.1-1.fc17, alsa-utils-1.0.26-1.fc17, alsa-lib-1.0.26-1.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/python-alsa-1.0.26-1.fc17,alsa-plugins-1.0.26-1.fc17,alsa-tools-1.0.26.1-1.fc17,alsa-utils-1.0.26-1.fc17,alsa-lib-1.0.26-1.fc17
Package python-alsa-1.0.26-1.fc17, alsa-plugins-1.0.26-1.fc17, alsa-tools-1.0.26.1-1.fc17, alsa-utils-1.0.26-1.fc17, alsa-lib-1.0.26-1.fc17: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 17 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing python-alsa-1.0.26-1.fc17 alsa-plugins-1.0.26-1.fc17 alsa-tools-1.0.26.1-1.fc17 alsa-utils-1.0.26-1.fc17 alsa-lib-1.0.26-1.fc17' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-13658/python-alsa-1.0.26-1.fc17,alsa-plugins-1.0.26-1.fc17,alsa-tools-1.0.26.1-1.fc17,alsa-utils-1.0.26-1.fc17,alsa-lib-1.0.26-1.fc17 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
python-alsa-1.0.26-1.fc17, alsa-plugins-1.0.26-1.fc17, alsa-tools-1.0.26.1-1.fc17, alsa-utils-1.0.26-1.fc17, alsa-lib-1.0.26-1.fc17 has been pushed to the Fedora 17 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.