Karen,
At the command line "su" (substitute user) [in this case you need to
become rootuser to change the permission of /dev/midi*, so you will need
to enter the root's password] and then type
ls -al /dev/midi*
(the "*" is there, because, at least on my system there are 4 separate
files, /dev/midi00, /dev/midi01,... look at the letters/permissions that
start the lines)
owner group other (hoped that lined up ok)
probably something like ... crw-rw-r--
you and Charles want _a_ll users to be able to write /dev/midi* (want
that second "-" from the end to turn into a "w")
so this is what you probably want to type
chmod -v a+w /dev/midi*
(the -v option above gives you "verbose" output)
Repeating the ls -al /dev/midi* command will also show the changes.
Now quickly, before you for forget, type "exit" or use "Ctrl+D" to exit
from root user back to "yourself."
Axalon was brief, but to the point, in his assistance.
In the future, if given a clue like that you can use "apropos" and "man"
(and sometimes "info") to gather background, and often sufficient,
information to solve your problem.
type "apropos permission" (in fact, you can get away with typing
"apropos perm")
and then type "man chmod" [use <spacebar> to go to the next screen and
<q> to quit.]
You may want to browse "man man" as well. (man refers to "manual" as
in "instructions")
If apropos doesn't work, then, as root, again, type "makewhatis" (to get
a brief idea about what's happening, you can type "man whatis"]. Don't
forget to use "exit" or C-d (control-d), to leave rootuser, after you're
done."
[btw (by the way), I really wish you'd let me be the judge of who's
dumb, stupid, uninformed, miseducated, uneducated, turtle-brained,
slug-headed,... (and who's not)<g>.]
Hope that helps.
gerry
Karen R wrote:
>
> Axalon wrote:
> >
> > Fix the permissions on /dev/midi* and it should be ok
> >
> > On 5 Jul 1999, Charles Sprague wrote:
> >
> > > Hello:
> > >
> > > Can anyone here tell me how to get the Kmidi program in KDE to work while
> > > logged in as a user, not root? I'm using Mandrake 5.3 (festen). [snip]
>
> i have the same problem; but i guess i'm dumber than charles.... would
> you
> be so kind as to explain 'how' to change those permissions?
>
> thanks so much
>
> karen
