Re: /dev/sga and /dev/dsp no longer accessable
On Fri, 5 Jun 1998, Ed Cogburn wrote:
> Matt Thompson wrote:
> > I have a fully upgraded hamm system. I upgrade with dselect almost daily.
> > I recently tried to use my scanner under GIMP and it said:
> >
> > Failed to open device 'umax:/dev/scanner' invalid argument.
> >
> > A day or so later I tried to play a RealAudio feed, but it said 'Cannot
> > open audio device'. Just as a test, I tried xanim on a .wav file, and it
> > said 'Can't open /dev/dsp device'.
<snip>
> Did you check /dev to see if these devices were actually present? If they
> are not there re-run MAKEDEV. 'MAKEDEV audio' will recreate the /dev/dsp
> device. Look in /etc/devinfo for info on what keyword to use with MAKEDEV
> for creating /dev/scanner. Have you changed kernels since the last time
> they worked? Maybe your kernel setup is wrong.
>
>
> --
> Ed
>
Man, do I feel like a dork! I did a ls -l on the two /dev's and they're
there, but for some reason the permissions have changed. Root is able to
open them just fine. *sigh* I guess I still don't research things as
well as I should before posting to the list.
Thanks loads for the help, Ed :)
Matt
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