Thank you so much! I am now added to the audio group and I have sound! :-)
--- Joost Kooij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 04:57:22PM -0700, > Xucaen wrote: > > I have searched thru the Debian user > archives > > and read alot about soundblaster PnP cards, > but I > > have an old sb16 with jumpers. I know all my > > card's settings and I have already installed > sb. > > My confusion is regarding adding my user name > to > > a new group and changing the group of the > sound > > device. between usermod, chgrp, chown, I'm > > confused. what do I need to do to get my user > > name to access the sound device? > > The group "audio" is there for this purpose. > You do not have to add > it, is is already there on debian systems. > > On my system, the audio devices are owned by > the group "audio". > > Example: "ls -l /dev/dsp" shows: > crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 3 Jul > 9 2000 /dev/dsp > > In fact, if you do "ls -l /dev | grep audio", > you'll see the whole lot > of audio devices. > > So all you need to get access to these devices > is to be in group "audio". > Do, as root, "addgroup user audio" to add user > to that group. Now the > user has to either login again (or restart > x11), or type "newgrp" in > the shell from which to access audio devices. > > You can check the groups you are (or really: > your process is) currently > in with the "id" and "groups" commands. > > Cheers, > > > Joost __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
