En Tue, Mar 20, 2001 at 12:09:30PM +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribio:
#_ hi guys,
#_
#_ I have a friend who has a problem with sound in gnome. He said he
#_ already configured the sound through sndconfig which I told him to but
#_ he said that he can only get sound when he is logged in as root. Anyone
#_ got any ideas?
#_
#_ --jess
I had this problem before, and I posted this question before too. Here is a
very helpful reply I got from eric "neuroticimbecile" rosel:
----<sart>----
hi chocovim, dido, guys,
i think this is the normal linux behavior.
here are instructions for giving access to device files to ordinary users:
http://www.redhat.com/support/manuals/RHL-6.1-Manual/ref-guide/s1-sysadmin-console-access.html
it's for redhat, but i'm sure mr cacho can translate it to mandrakish...
hth,
-eric
----<end>----
Go to the link and read it. Basically it says that whoever logs-in first
gets ownership of the device with the permissions defined in
/etc/security/console.perms; when they log out it reverts to root. Edit
/etc/security/console.perms to set the proper permissions and ownership to
allow everyone to access /dev/audio and company. After editing, log out and
log in again.
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Juan Miguel Cacho [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Philippines [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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