Re: ALSA sound on 2.4.20 kernel

[downtime null <downtime@downtimenull.com>]

On Thursday 18 November 2004 04:47 pm, downtime null wrote:
> First, let me explain why I'm running such an old kernel. This is the most
> recent one that allows ACPI to start even when it doesn't find the proper
> table entry. And I need ACPI on my laptop.
>
> That said, I'm now trying to get ALSA sound working. Everything looks fine,
> but I get a permissions error when trying to access sound as a user. Using
> root to start the same things (such as kmix) seems to work fine. What
> permissions do I need to change to allow a user to use the sound?
>
> This may also help with my only being able to start games in cedega as
> root.
>
> Thanks.

dammit. i hate when i do that. i had added the user to the audio group but 
hadn't re-logged in. duh. 

it works now.

thanks.

:)