On Sun, Oct 08, 2006 at 09:28:29PM +0800, Deephay wrote: > Greetings all, > > I had a little problem with the sound control in gnome today with my > newly installed debian (sid, using debootstrap): > The Volume Control button in gnome is invalid (with a red cross on > it), I then googled and found some threads about this mentioned that > you have to check if you are in the group "audio", so I checked the > /etc/group file and there is something like: > > cdrom:x:24: > audio:x:29: > plugdev:x:46: > > I added my username to the group "audio" and restarted gnome and I got > my sound back. > My question is: Are these groups managed by gnome? Are there any > documentation about these entries? > > TIA! > > Regards, > Deephay Hi Deephay, Debian has certain groups that a user must join to enable access to certain devices: audio for sound, cdrom for cdrom access, dialout for modem use, floppy for floppy access, and others. AFAIK, these are handled by the sysadmin and not in any automated fashion when new users are added(e.g. adduser or useradd) There is documentation on your system in /user/share/doc, but can never remember which one it it is x-) IIRC it is also mentioned in the 'Debian reference'. cheers, Kev -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal | debian.home.pipeline.com | | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keysever: pgp.mit.edu | my NPO: cfsg.org |
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