That did it - - thanks!!
>>>>> "Kamil" == Kamil Kisiel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Kamil> I had the same problem and so I set these permissions as
Kamil> per the XMMS FAQ (www.xmms.org)
Kamil> $ ls -l /dev/dsp /dev/mixer crw--w--w- 1 root audio 14, 3
Kamil> Apr 4 16:46 /dev/dsp crw-rw-rw- 1 root audio 14, 0 Apr 4
Kamil> 16:46 /dev/mixer
Kamil> That solved my audio problems. Hopefully it will solve
Kamil> yours.
Kamil> On August 16, 2001 04:24 pm, Bob Koss wrote:
>> >>>>> "Michael" == Michael Heldebrant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> writes:
>>
Michael> On 16 Aug 2001 15:19:55 -0400, Bob Koss wrote:
>> >> >>>>> "Michael" == Michael Heldebrant
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> writes:
>>
Michael> Try logging out and logging back in.
>> >> Didn't work. But while I was at the non-X bash prompt, I
>> tried >> firing up mpg123 and that gave a better error
>> message. The >> problem is /dev/dsp. >> >> >> rskoss is in
>> group audio and /dev/dsp has rw set for group >> audio.
>>
Michael> Hmmmm. What does /proc/modules show? Does /dev/sndstat
Michael> or /proc/sound give any usefull info? What type of
Michael> soundcard do you have? Is an esd process running at the
Michael> moment which will have grabbed the soundcard?
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /proc/modules 3c59x 25760 1 sb 7392 1
>> sb_lib 34544 0 [sb] uart401 6416 0 [sb_lib] sound 58576 1
>> [sb_lib uart401] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$
>>
>>
>> Neither /dev/sndstat nor /proc/sound are present on my system.
Kamil> -- Kamil Kisiel www.speechlessarts.com
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