[SOLVED] SDL audio works only under "sudo"

I seldom play games, but when I do I always bump into a problem of no sound in SDL lib based games.
There is no sound if I try to run them as a normal user. While "sudo game" (not "# game") runs the game with sound just fine.
My user is in audio group, so what could be the reason for that?
Last edited by tasty_minerals (2012-03-24 07:00:24)

Got it!
I had this in .bashrc
export SDL_AUDIODRIVER="dsp"
I changed it to this
export SDL_AUDIODRIVER=alsa
Now, all is working, hmmm

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