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Re: Help getting sound working



On Fri, Aug 02, 2002 at 12:51:56PM -0700, b galka wrote:
> Hi all-
> 
> I am a new debian user and I just installed  v.3 off a
> net install CD.  After getting KDE installed and
> running (Wahooo !) I discovered that my sound wasnt'
> working.  To make a long story short I installed a new
> kernel that had the necessary modules and selected the
> module using modconf.  Now when I log in (using kdm)
> as root I get sound.  However when I log in as a
> normal user I get an error that says "oould not open
> /dev/dsp (permission denied)"
> 
> This leads me to believe there is some kind of
> permissions problem.  Anyone got any suggestions ???

Add any users who will be using sound to group audio.

# adduser [user] audio

-- 
Jerome

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