Only one user has sound?

[ughi]

This is the latest attempt to mute vlc

#!/bin/bash
prosessi=`ps -ef | grep 'vlc' | grep '<myusername>' | awk '{ print $2 }'`
kill -STOP $prosessi
echo "Sound muted. Press any key to un-mute."
read -n1 any_key
kill -CONT $prosessi

It works otherwise ok, but of course root prividges are need if (when) stopping other users processes, so now only I am capable of muting my own vlc (when logged as a normal user). Not very useful since, I know easier way to do that.

So, next I will try to make sense of that sudo stuff...
...to give other access to some of the root commands.
(This is really something that is against all I have believed in, since IMO there can be only one )

[RCCrouch]

Look on the bright side. At least your doing the work yourself and learning as you go. That in itself is a bonus. I'm also glad to see that you are sharing your results.

[ughi]

Originally Posted by RCCrouch

...I'm also glad to see that you are sharing your results.

But of course, isn't that the whole point of forums like this?

People helping each other, trying to solve problems and reporting results. That way someone might be able to find a sollution to the same or similar problem more easily.

[oldcpu]

Originally Posted by ughi

I wonder how this is done in the other distros (ie. Fedora) since in there only the active user has audio by default.

You could ask on the Fedora forum, as to how this is done by them? You may get an answer (and you may not).
FedoraForum.org - Fedora Support Forums and Community

Also, is it possible this is "desktop" specific? ie behaviour for gnome is different than the behaviour for KDE4 or KDE3 ?