On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 01:17:46PM -0800, Matt Weber wrote: > On Fri, 2005-01-07 at 20:04 -0500, Harvey Ussery wrote: > > I recently reinstalled Sarge PPC on a G4 iMac. Each time I boot up now, > > I get an error warning: > > > > "Error: Wrong permission for 'dev/pmu' device" > > > > I've tracked thru the system & all the ref books on hand, also various > > linux sites online. Conclusion so far is that this permission problem on > > /dev/pmu is what is responsible for the fact I have >no< sound in the > > system, despite the fact that I've installed alsa and any number of > > sound tools. > > > > Here's my listing in /dev: > > > > > crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 3 2005-01-07 12:27 null > > > crw-rw---- 1 root root 10, 144 2005-01-07 12:27 nvram > > > crw-rw---- 1 root root 10, 154 2005-01-07 12:27 pmu > > > crw-r----- 1 root kmem 1, 4 2005-01-07 12:27 port > > > crw------- 1 root root 108, 0 2005-01-07 12:27 ppp > > > > It's clear pmu is a character device, which helps interface betw the > > kernel and various hardware devices, but beyond that, I'm lost. > > > > Would someone please help me (1) interpret my error message above; (2) > > explain how it relates to my lack of sound; (3) where to go from here to > > resolve the issue. > > > > Thanks so much. --Harvey > > > > > > > > I had this problem also. If I remember correctly it is a known error > with ppc udev and gnome. Anyways to fix it this is what I did. > > Add this line: > > pmu:root:video:0660 > > to /etc/udev/permissions.d/udev.permissions > > Then make sure your user is in the video group. Hope this fixes your > problems. Good luck.
Do we already have a bug against udev to have the above line per default, or otherwise finally fix this issue ? Friendly, Sven Luther
