Once upon a time Gilberto Garcia Jr. said... > Hey folks, > > I found on xmms site this configuration > > chmod 620 /dev/dsp > chmod 666 /dev/mixer > > It makes all my sound programs work fine. While that will work, it is not how it should be done in Debian. The right way is to add yourself to the "audio" group. ie. # adduser <you> audio Then logout and back in for your login to pick up the group.