On Tue, 10 Jul 2001, patrick gray wrote: > first of all, thank you to everyone who responded to my first question > regarding the xserver, you were right, running svga was bad, i am now happily > typing away in KDE much to my delight.
Hey...running SVGA isn't always bad...this cirrus logic 5434 isn't supported by an accelerated server! :P > my current problem is small, but i can't seem to make it go away. i have > compiled kernel version 2.4.6 with my machine specs right into it, so boot > time is faster and all my hardware works. sound works as root, but as my > normal user account it flubs. the sound programs either say they don't > recognize a device or that the device is not responding. if i flip into root > and run the same program it has no problems!! is there something wrong with > my user permissions? i appreciate the input! Yes, it is indeed a permissions issue. Lower the permissions on /dev/mixer, /dev/dsp, and so on, depending on what your sound card utilizes. An alternate, more secure method would be to include those files in a group called SOUND and add the users you wish to have access to the device added to this group as well. > please reply directly to me, i know it's a hassle but i am not subscribed to > the list :-/ Oh I see. You want our help but you won't even subscribe. Pshaw. Just why aren't you subscribed? :P -z-