Re: audio problems

["Bruce Park" <bpark79@hotmail.com>]

Dennis,

Exactly how do I add myself to the audio group? I feel rather embarrased 
that I have to ask this question after using UNIX for three years but I 
never had to admin stuff like this at school. I also fear that you are 
correct about this problem. When I run KDE as root, it works fine.

bp

> From: Dennis Stosberg <dennis@stosberg.net>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: audio problems
> Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 23:14:13 +0100
>
> Am 02.12.2002 um 14:49 schrieb Bruce Park:
>
> > ** warning **: oss_open() failed to open audio device (/dev/dsp):
> > Permission denied.
> >
> > As for the other window, it's just tellin me to check that everything is
> > correct. I'm currenty using OSS driver or esound. They both don't work.
> > What else should I check out?
>
> What information does "ls -l /dev/dsp*" give you?
>
> As Micheal said, check the permissions on /dev/dsp. It should be
> writable for the audio group. Also, make sure your user account is a
> member of that group.
>
>
> Regards,
> Dennis
>
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