> > I've got something of a catch 22 going with regard > to rvplayer and netscape, and the oss sound driver. > > I loaded the oss sound driver for my 2.0 config and it works nicely, but > for root only. > play -v /usr/lib/xemacs-20.4/etc/sounds/Snicker.au > results in: > /dev/dsp: Permission denied > > I can't run netscape as root (a security issue) and I can't hear audio as > a user. Rvplayer works only under root root as well. I can start it up as > a user, but can't hear anything, presumably because of th permissions > problem. > > Thanx for help on this matter. >
try 'chmod a+rw /dev/dsp' as root HTH -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- + Peter Granroth + Microsoft is NOT the answer + + mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] + Microsoft is the question + + http://193.10.242.45 + The answer is NO + ---------------------------------------------------------------- -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
