On Mon, Nov 08, 1999 at 12:36:15PM -0500, Brian Servis wrote: > *- On 8 Nov, Patrick Kirk wrote about "Getting GNOME to start from > Enlightenment" > > I want to elegance of E with the usefulness of GNOME. But > > when I try to start GNOME from an eterm, I get this... > > > > $ panel > > /dev/dsp: Permission denied > > > > Anyone seen it before? > > I don't user either but this looks like a simple permission problem. By > default /dev/dsp is is owned by root with group audio. So your user > must be in the audio group. 'adduser <user> audio' should get you past > the above problem.
I think you mean `addgroup <user> audio'. And check that /dev/dsp has group `audio' too. > You might have to restart X to get the group > noticed, use the 'id' command to check that the current shell knows you > are in the audio group. You'll have to log out and back in again to get it to work. -- alisdair mcdiarmid [EMAIL PROTECTED] [funny how everything i swore i wouldn't change is different now]
