Re: linux bewbie lame question
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Tendril (<dontuspamtendril@shotgunsandwich.net>) wrote:
> "Andreas Janssen" <andreas.janssen@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
> news:1aM1k-3sM-9@gated-at.bofh.it...
>>
>> Tendril (<dont_u_spam_tendril@shotgunsandwich.net>) wrote:
>>
>>> I was given a thinkpad with debian woody installed (no billyware).
>>> It boots lovely except for the audio. I get this message at logon:
>>>
>>> error while initialising sound driver:
>>> device /dev/dsp can't be opened (permission denied)
>>> the sound server will continue, using the null output lines
>>>
>>> How do I correct this? (my installation won't let me log into an
>>> xwindows environment as root, I have to do it through a terminal
>>> so some easy instructions would be very welcome)
>>>
>>> I can't find /dev/dsp. I'm in no way familier with the linux file
>>> system. I looked using konquerer... /root/dev but it contained no
>>> /dsp.
>>
>> The file name is /dev/dsp, so you should be able to see it if you
>> enter file:/dev/ in the address bar. If you choose detailed view, you
>> can see that the owning group of the file is audio, and only owner
>> and group have access to that file.
>>
>> Add the user to the audio group. Log out and in again. That should
>> solve your problem.
>
> Hi Andreas. I have added my user to the audio group (in fact I have
> added it to all groupes for now) and changed the file permissions
> (chmod 660 dsp) but I still get the error.
What does "ls -l /dev/dsp" say?
Did you log out and in again?
What does groups say?
Btw, adding a user to all groups is a bad idea. Being in the disk group
for example allows you to overwrite your hard disk partitions.
> Also, why would I get problems with konqeror when I have logged into a
> terminal as su? It just hangs, even once I have logged out. I just get
> a flashing icon for a minute or so which then dissapears and the
> program never starts.
I have no idea. Do you get any output when you run konqueror from the
command line? Did you check if the process is maybe still running and
somehow preventing new instances of konqueror to load? Check if some
processes are still running with "ps". Look for konqueror and kio.
best regards
Andreas Janssen
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