On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 09:48:11AM -0700, gentuxx wrote > > 1) Run the command "ls -al /dev/sound/". What's the output ? > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ ls -al /dev/sound > total 0 > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 220 Sep 10 11:27 . > drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 29720 Sep 11 03:10 .. > crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 12 Sep 10 11:27 adsp > crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 4 Sep 10 11:27 audio > crw------- 1 root audio 14, 20 Apr 10 15:18 audio1 > crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 3 Sep 10 11:27 dsp > crw------- 1 root audio 14, 19 Apr 10 15:18 dsp1 > crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 0 Sep 10 11:27 mixer > crw------- 1 root audio 14, 16 Apr 10 15:18 mixer1 > crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 1 Sep 10 11:27 sequencer > crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 8 Sep 10 11:27 sequencer2
It's not what I thought it was. I ran into a bug that has since been fixed. Looks like your userID is not a member of the audio group. That can be fixed by logging in (or su-ing) as root, issuing the command gpasswd -a userID audio (where userID is the regular user's account) logging off the regular userID and then logging back in. > > 2) Are you familiar with PAM? (That will determine how we proceed to > >solve your problem, if it's what I think it is). > > > Well, it depends on how "familiar" you mean. ;-) I know what it is. > I'm relatively comfortable with configuring it, but I haven't changed > anything from the default, with the exception of pam_cracklib. If someone has never heard of PAM, and runs into it head-on, it can be rather dis-concerting. If you're comfortable with configuring it, keep using it by all means. -- Walter Dnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> My musings on technology and security at http://tech_sec.blog.ca -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
