hat Debian have this application not be in the default path
or some substitute that issues a warning. Regardless, I have placed
/etc/ under source control using mercurial so that I can roll back
files and compare differences after utilities go in and modify things.
Thanks Octavio!
On 7/26/07, Ric
OK. So I investigated what statoverride is, and its a list of names
that can be used to install packages under. I checked
/var/lib/dpkg/statoverride, and it seems as though there is indeed a
name 'root' in there, thus doubling my confusion. My guess is that the
there was once a root group in /etc/
I tried to fix the problem on my own by completely removing
linux-sound-base and the alsa packages, then reinstalling them,
however when I tried to reinstall them (after successfully removing
them) I got this error:
Preconfiguring packages ...
dpkg: syntax error: unknown group `root' in statoverr
Twice I have used adduser to add a new user to my laptop, and each
time afterward, I find that I am unable to use my sound device. When I
use programs that output sound as root however, I am able to hear
sound. Figuring that this is a permissions related issue, I checked my
/etc/group file, and fo
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