[svlug] device permissions

[Bill Henderson]

On Thu, 17 Apr 2003, Scott Thompson wrote:

> I have some time on my hands so I thought I would try and figure out why
> sound doesn't work on my system.  I think everything is in place, but
> when trying to play sound as a normal user (i.e. during KDE startup), I
> get a permissions error on /dev/dsp.  What should the permissions be for
> a device file so a regular use can use it?

Make sure that you modprobe the sound module appropriate to your system

Make sure that the speaker cable is attached to your sound card, and
moreover attached to the correct connector on the sound card.

Set /dev/dsp, /dev/mixer, /dev/sound, /dev/cdrom (or such of these as
exist on your system) to 0666

You may also need to see where /dev/cdrom is symlinked to and correct it.

The acid test for sound is, as root,
workbone -d /dev/<whatever_your_cd_rom_drive_is>

Hmmm, and do make sure you have an audio cd in the cd drive.

Good Luck

Bill Henderson
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