From: Mike Strean <mstrean@ameritech.net>
To: Bruce Park <bpark79@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: audio problems
Date: 02 Dec 2002 17:12:16 -0600
you can do this w/ "adduser"
adduser (your username) audio
Good Luck!
On Mon, 2002-12-02 at 16:57, Bruce Park wrote:
> 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
> >
> ><< attach3 >>
>
>
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