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Re: Device settings for sound configuration



On Wed, Aug 30, 2000 at 09:01:46PM +0200, Erik van der Meulen wrote:

> Dear list. I would like to install sound on my Dell laptop. I seem to
> have managed to compile the kernel properly and loaded the modules.
> Only, the standard permissions on the device files only allow root to
> play sound.
> Can someone please advice which device files need what settings in order
> for an ordenary user to use sound (on a Helix Gnome desktop).

<0>moritz@gryffindor: [~] $ ls -l /dev/dsp
crw-rw----    1 root     audio     14,   3 Jun  5 14:30 /dev/dsp

so, the group 'audio' has read and write access. just add the users,
which are allowed to use sound, to this group (in /etc/group).

      moritz
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