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Re: Sound in Gnome Root vs User



On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 05:51:44PM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> "W. Crowshaw" wrote:
> > 
> > Today I discovered that I have all the bells and whistle in Gnome when I
> > log in as root, but I don't get any sound as a normal user.  This is
> > obviously a permissions problem.  Does anyone know on what file I need to
> > change r,w or execute privledge?
> 
> /dev/dsp
> 
> The permissions are fine by default though - just add your user to group
> audio.

which is done quite easily by:

adduser yourusername audio

another group you may want to be a member of is cdrom. 

remember you must logout and relogin for group changes to take effect.

-- 
Ethan Benson
http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/

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