Re: ongoing sound problems
Hubert,
Thanks for all the help. It didnt work, however. I still get various
messages from my audio apps that tell me there is no sound. I tried
recompiling again using sound as modules, but it appears worse now. The
/dev/sndstat is very empty now. I really have no idea what to do now.
Debian should really have a sound configuration tool like RedHat IMHO.
Chris
Hubert Chan wrote:
>
> Christopher Fonnesbeck <chrisf@fonnesbeck.net> writes:
>
> > I dont see what's wrong either! When I try and start any audio
> > application, it claims that either the hardware is not detected or its
> > busy. I am using GNOME -- could it be an ESD issue?
>
> Probably a permissions issue. /dev/dsp belongs to root and the audio group, so
> to play sound (or to record for that matter), you need to be part of the audio
> group.
>
> The way I did (I'm going by memory so it may not be 100% accurate) that is to
> uncomment the "auth optional pam_group.so" line from /etc/pam.d/login and copy
> it to /etc/pam.d/gdm as well. That assuming that you use gdm to log in on the
> console normally. If you use some other way, you may have to edit another
> file.
>
> Then edit /etc/security/group.conf and add the lines
>
> login; tty*; *; Al0000-2400; audio
> gdm; *; *; Al0000-2400; audio
>
> (That second field in the last line looks wrong to me, but it's the only thing
> that worked for me. Anyone want to tell me the right thing?)
>
> You may want to change "audio" to "audio, floppy" so that you can access the
> floppy drive too.
>
> The reason you would want to do it this way, instead of just adding yourself to
> the audio group, is that if you log in remotely, you shouldn't be able to play
> sounds. Or else the person sitting at the console may get confused.
>
> HTH
> Hubert
>
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