Hubert, Thanks for all the help. It didnt work, however. I still get various messages from my audio apps that tell me there is no sound. I tried recompiling again using sound as modules, but it appears worse now. The /dev/sndstat is very empty now. I really have no idea what to do now. Debian should really have a sound configuration tool like RedHat IMHO.
Chris Hubert Chan wrote: > > Christopher Fonnesbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I dont see what's wrong either! When I try and start any audio > > application, it claims that either the hardware is not detected or its > > busy. I am using GNOME -- could it be an ESD issue? > > Probably a permissions issue. /dev/dsp belongs to root and the audio group, > so > to play sound (or to record for that matter), you need to be part of the audio > group. > > The way I did (I'm going by memory so it may not be 100% accurate) that is to > uncomment the "auth optional pam_group.so" line from /etc/pam.d/login and copy > it to /etc/pam.d/gdm as well. That assuming that you use gdm to log in on the > console normally. If you use some other way, you may have to edit another > file. > > Then edit /etc/security/group.conf and add the lines > > login; tty*; *; Al0000-2400; audio > gdm; *; *; Al0000-2400; audio > > (That second field in the last line looks wrong to me, but it's the only thing > that worked for me. Anyone want to tell me the right thing?) > > You may want to change "audio" to "audio, floppy" so that you can access the > floppy drive too. > > The reason you would want to do it this way, instead of just adding yourself > to > the audio group, is that if you log in remotely, you shouldn't be able to play > sounds. Or else the person sitting at the console may get confused. > > HTH > Hubert > > -- > ____ | ----------------------------------------------------------- > | / --+-- > | / ___|___ Hubert Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > | \ | _|_ | > |__| |__|__| GCS/M d- s:- a-- C++ UL+(++++) P++ L++ E++ W++ N++ o? > | | K? w--- O++ M- V- PS-- PE+++ Y+ PGP+ t+ 5 X R- tv+ b+ > | / | \ DI++++ D G e++ h! !r !y > | / | \ > | | <><------------------ http://www.crosswinds.net/~hackerhue/ > > PGP/GnuPG fingerprint: 6CC5 822D 2E55 494C 81DD 6F2C 6518 54DF 71FD A37F > Key can be found at http://www.crosswinds.net/~hackerhue/hackerhue.asc > > Experience the Power to Change -- http://www.powertochange.org/ > CAUCE member -- Stop Spam! -- http://www.cauce.org/ > Linux: Where do you want to go tomorrow? -- http://www.linux.com/ > International Alliance for Compatible Technology -- http://www.iact.net/ > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Christopher J. Fonnesbeck PhD Student Georgia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit University of Georgia Athens, GA 30602-2152 *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
