On Wed, 2003-05-28 at 20:18, Jonathon B. Craw wrote: > Hey, you'll be able to install it blindfolded after a few times. It *really* > does become easy. > > 1. Permissions on /dev/mix* /dev/dsp/*: give yourself read/write access > I might do something like chmod a+rw /dev/mix* /dev/dsp* -- see chmod > Umm, no... Also known as "NO! NO! NO!" Do NOT go mucking around with chmod'ing /dev entries! They are the way they are for a reason. Instead, do an ls -l of the /dev entries that you need - in this case you are looking at sound so you will likely see something like: crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 3 1969-12-31 19:00 /dev/sound/dsp Notice the second pronouncable word - "audio". That is the group that the device belongs to - everyone in that group has permission to use that device. Add those users that you wish to have access to sound to the audio group, with a command such as: # adduser <username> audio Note the pound sign - it needs to be issued from root or via an sudo. -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: kahnt@hosehead.dyndns.org
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