RE: a whole bunch of questions
If you have got the correct modules loaded...you'd need to chmod your
/dev/dsp and /dev/audio to allow your username write access to the
devices.....try chmod 666 on the above devices!
HTH, YMMV
Patrick Cheong
Information Systems Assurance
Measat Broadcast Network Systems
e-mail: mailto:patrick_cheong@astro.com.my
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Sherohman [SMTP:esper@sherohman.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 1:11 AM
> To: robert_wilhelm_land
> Cc: debian-user
> Subject: Re: a whole bunch of questions
>
> On Mon, Oct 23, 2000 at 06:10:01PM +0200, robert_wilhelm_land wrote:
> > The error recommends to use "xhost" - but this seems to be a GUI app
> > and therefore dies for the same reasons as previously launching emacs.
> > How can I help myself, would running xhost fruit in a working GUI when
> > changing to su?
>
> No, xhost isn't a GUI app, but you have to run in as the user you actually
> logged in as (mosr specifically, as the user who owns the X session), not
> sued to root. By default, root neither has permission to open windows on
> your desktop, nor to give himself that permission.
>
> BTW, if you're going to use xhost (it's not the most secure way of
> handling
> this, but it is the easiest), use 'xhost localhost', not the name of your
> machine. It'll open the door wide enough for anyone on your machine to
> put
> windows on your desktop, but without allowing any possibility for someone
> to
> do it over the network.
>
> > Then, I cannot get my Diamond Sonic Impact 90 to work. gtcd starts,
> > accepts the CD, playes the first track but the speakers remain
> > quitely.
>
> Have you turned the volume up? Try gom ('gom -it' on a command line) or
> another mixer to see what your volume settings are if you haven't already.
>
> > Oct 23 16:13:44 MINI kernel: hdd: packet command error: status=0x51 {
> > DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> > Oct 23 16:13:44 MINI kernel: hdd: packet command error: error=0x40
>
> > Which line could relate to the soundcard?
>
> None of them are sound-related, but it looks like you've got some definite
> problems with your CDROM.
>
> > ...which states there should be somewhere a sound module, but
> > cat /etc/modules.conf|grep -A 4 sound
> > returnes no output.
>
> Did you build your own kernel? If so, did you remember to make modules
> and
> make modules_install? (Or module_install... I can never remember which
> it
> is...)
>
> > Does dselect build up a database for all indexed packages? I cannot
> > find wine by running "dpkg -l wine" or "dpkg -l | grep wine" although
> > the debian installation routine was fed by all 4 CD's. Neither does
> > dpkg seem to support a query routine simular to rpm.
>
> A database of available packages is maintained by apt. To search it, use
> `apt-cache search packagename`. Once you know the name of the package,
> you
> can get the details on it with `apt-cache show packagename`.
>
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