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Re: run alsamixer as regular user



On Mon, 2004-01-05 at 18:09, Nano Nano wrote:
> I have to run alsamixer as root, or I get:
> 
> alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: Permission denied
> 
> One of the scripts I run after I install alsa-modules is:
> 
> #/usr/share/alsa-base/snddevices
> #chmod a+rw /dev/dsp /dev/mixer /dev/midi /dev/sequencer /dev/audio
> 
> I can run aplay and other sound things as a user.
> 
> There's probably a group I should add my user to, what is it?

adduser <uname> audio

I always adduser console users to the groups:
   audio, video, floppy, cdrom
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