Re: driver configuration (sound)
On Wed, Aug 21, 2002 at 12:04:21AM -0400, Peter Christensen wrote:
> Chris,
>
> Thanks for the info. I used apt-get to install kernel-image-2.2.20 and then
> 2.2.20-idepci. Neither one seemed to have the sound drivers. Got lots of
> warning messages when I installed the idepci one, then it seemed as though I
> couldn't go back to the original one. (You can tell I'm not sure what I was
> doing here!) Good experience, though. I figured I would re-install anyway,
> which I did last night. I used the vanilla kernel as you suggested, and now
> I have the es1370 driver! Still no sound, though. I'm getting a message:
>
> Error while initializing sound driver device /dev/dsp can't be opened
> (permission denied)
>
> Any thoughts? Will search for this in documentation...
This is a fairly common one. It would probably work as root. Try
adding your user to the group audio, then logging out and logging back
in again.
- Chris
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