Re: Help needed starting audio

2001-10-21 Thread Marc Wilson
On Sun, Oct 21, 2001 at 10:21:54PM +0100, Wasim Ahmed wrote: > On Sun, Oct 21, 2001 at 08:25:49PM +, Stuart Luscombe wrote: > > I did add myself into the group, but for some reason it didn't work. > > So I did a chmod.. > > I believe chmod 777 on audio is a little dangerous. Imagine that you

Re: Help needed starting audio

2001-10-21 Thread Marc Wilson
On Sun, Oct 21, 2001 at 02:33:24PM -0700, Nicole Zimmerman wrote: > > At 20:25 on Oct 21, Stuart Luscombe combined all the right letters to say: > > > > > > Don't forget to log off and back on again after adding yourself to the > > > group. > > > > I did add myself into the group, but for some re

Re: Help needed starting audio

2001-10-21 Thread Nicole Zimmerman
At 20:25 on Oct 21, Stuart Luscombe combined all the right letters to say: > > > > Don't forget to log off and back on again after adding yourself to the > > group. > > I did add myself into the group, but for some reason it didn't work. > So I did a chmod.. Are you sure you logged completely ou

Re: Help needed starting audio

2001-10-21 Thread Wasim Ahmed
Hello, On Sun, Oct 21, 2001 at 08:25:49PM +, Stuart Luscombe wrote: > I did add myself into the group, but for some reason it didn't work. > So I did a chmod.. I believe chmod 777 on audio is a little dangerous. Imagine that you have a microphone on your computer. Now someone who previously

Re: Help needed starting audio

2001-10-21 Thread Stuart Luscombe
On Sunday 21 October 2001 5:07 pm, Marc Wilson wrote: > On Sun, Oct 21, 2001 at 11:51:10PM +0800, Paolo Falcone wrote: > > # chmod 0666 /dev/dsp > > As opposed, of course, to doing it the right way and adding yourself to the > audio group: > > [10:04][pts/4][4][~] > $ ls -l /dev/dsp > crw-rw

Re: Help needed starting audio

2001-10-21 Thread Marc Wilson
On Sun, Oct 21, 2001 at 11:51:10PM +0800, Paolo Falcone wrote: > # chmod 0666 /dev/dsp As opposed, of course, to doing it the right way and adding yourself to the audio group: [10:04][pts/4][4][~] $ ls -l /dev/dsp crw-rw1 root audio 14, 3 Jan 2 2000 /dev/dsp [10:04][pts/4][4]

Re: Help needed starting audio

2001-10-21 Thread Paolo Falcone
Stuart Luscombe wrote: >Hi all, > > Just about got everything working now. > >I'm trying to run XMMS. But I can only seem to run >it as root. When I try to run it as a normal user, >I get the message: # chmod 0666 /dev/dsp Paolo Alexis Falcone __ www.ed

Re: Help needed starting audio

2001-10-21 Thread Stuart Luscombe
On Sun, Oct 21, 2001 at 04:17:38PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > On Sun, Oct 21, 2001 at 03:53:41PM +, Stuart Luscombe wrote: > > On Sun, Oct 21, 2001 at 09:17:23AM -0500, Colin Watson wrote: > > > On Sun, Oct 21, 2001 at 02:18:18PM +, Stuart Luscombe wrote: > > > > I added the user into aud

Re: Help needed starting audio

2001-10-21 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Oct 21, 2001 at 03:53:41PM +, Stuart Luscombe wrote: > On Sun, Oct 21, 2001 at 09:17:23AM -0500, Colin Watson wrote: > > On Sun, Oct 21, 2001 at 02:18:18PM +, Stuart Luscombe wrote: > > > I added the user into audio, this had no effect, > > > > You'll need to log out and log back i

Re: Help needed starting audio

2001-10-21 Thread Stuart Luscombe
On Sun, Oct 21, 2001 at 09:17:23AM -0500, Colin Watson wrote: > On Sun, Oct 21, 2001 at 02:18:18PM +, Stuart Luscombe wrote: > > On Sun, Oct 21, 2001 at 08:18:43AM -0400, David Raeker-Jordan wrote: > > > Users and groups are different. /etc/group lists your groups. > > > > > > As user, type `g

Re: Help needed starting audio

2001-10-21 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Oct 21, 2001 at 02:18:18PM +, Stuart Luscombe wrote: > On Sun, Oct 21, 2001 at 08:18:43AM -0400, David Raeker-Jordan wrote: > > Users and groups are different. /etc/group lists your groups. > > > > As user, type `groups` > > You will get the names of any groups the user belongs to. >

Re: Help needed starting audio

2001-10-21 Thread Stuart Luscombe
On Sun, Oct 21, 2001 at 08:18:43AM -0400, David Raeker-Jordan wrote: > Stuart Luscombe wrote: > > > > > > Try adding the user to the audio group. > > > > > > `man addgroup` > > > > I don't actually have any system groups. > > Not as far as I know anyway, the only users are > > root and myself. >

Re: Help needed starting audio

2001-10-21 Thread David Raeker-Jordan
Stuart Luscombe wrote: > > > > Try adding the user to the audio group. > > > > `man addgroup` > > I don't actually have any system groups. > Not as far as I know anyway, the only users are > root and myself. > Users and groups are different. /etc/group lists your groups. As user, type `groups

Re: Help needed starting audio

2001-10-21 Thread Stuart Luscombe
On Sun, Oct 21, 2001 at 07:54:20AM -0400, David Raeker-Jordan wrote: > Stuart Luscombe wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Just about got everything working now. > > > > I'm trying to run XMMS. But I can only seem to run > > it as root. When I try to run it as a normal user, > > I get the message: >

Re: Help needed starting audio

2001-10-21 Thread David Raeker-Jordan
Stuart Luscombe wrote: > Hi all, > > Just about got everything working now. > > I'm trying to run XMMS. But I can only seem to run > it as root. When I try to run it as a normal user, > I get the message: > > Unable to connect to UNIX socket /var/run/esound/socket > > I think this maybe a

Help needed starting audio

2001-10-21 Thread Stuart Luscombe
Hi all, Just about got everything working now. I'm trying to run XMMS. But I can only seem to run it as root. When I try to run it as a normal user, I get the message: Unable to connect to UNIX socket /var/run/esound/socket I think this maybe a permission problem in /dev somewhere but I'm