On Saturday 27 October 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > #cat /etc/groups|grep audio > > No such file or directory
He meant /etc/group. You should see something like this: $ cat /etc/group|grep audio audio:x:29:my_user > i don't understand here what you are referring to with "group audio." > could you please explain? I'm sure there are plenty of thorough explanations of groups on Linux/UNIX systems, so I'll only offer the barest nutshell. One use for groups is to give specific users access to controlled resources. You should be in lots of groups by default, and being in the "audio" group gives you special access to sound-related things. The audio hardware, I think, maybe other things, and the specifics don't really matter. If you issue a groups command, you can see what groups you're already in: $ groups my_user dialout cdrom floppy audio [etc.] You need to be in the audio group. If you're not... Um. More than I want to get into just now, since Ubuntu uses GNOME by default, and I hate and don't use GNOME. I normally use a KDE tool for this job, and I'd have to go look up the other ways, and I'm too lazy just now. -- D. Michael McIntyre -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
