On Thu, 22 May 2003, Joel Konkle-Parker wrote: > I'm trying to use XMMS to play cds, and GNOME's Mixer applet to control > volume. These try to access /dev/cdrom and /dev/mixer, respectively. > > -- > brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 11, 0 Mar 14 2002 /dev/scd0 > crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 0 Mar 14 2002 /dev/mixer > -- > > As root, I did: > > -- > # adduser joeljkp cdrom > # adduser joeljkp audio > -- > > Neither of these fixed the problem, though. Only when I did: > > -- > # chmod 666 /dev/scd0 > # chmod 666 /dev/mixer > -- > > did XMMS and the Mixer applet work correctly. Why didn't adduser work as > it was supposed to? Is this the 'correct' way of letting normal users > access the cdrom and mixer? Did you log back on after changing your group? ~ Jesse Meyer -- ...crying "Tekeli-li! Tekeli-li!"... ~ HPL icq : 34583382 | === ascii ribbon campaign === msn : dasunt@hotmail.com | () - against html mail yim : tsunad | /\ - against proprietary attachments
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