Re: Sound problem

[Will Lowe <harpo@udel.edu>]

On Tue, 14 Oct 1997, Ian Keith Setford wrote:

> My sound device will only "play" when I am logged in as root.  When I am
> any other trys to use the sound card it says "device is busy...sound
> device cannot be opened."  Is this just a permission mixup or something
> deeper?

You need to add yourself to the "audio" group.  Read the "adduser" man
page for "adding an existing user to an existing group".

                     					Will

			        harpo@udel.edu
			       lowe@cis.udel.edu
			http://www.cis.udel.edu/~lowe/
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