Rene Rebe writes: > On Thu, 6 Dec 2001 23:09:14 -0700 > Richard Gooch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Rene Rebe writes: > > > At least since 2.4.17-pre4 and -pre5 devfs is not handling > > > permissions in the right way with ALSA: [...] > > > rene@jackson:/dev > l dsp sound/dsp > > > ls: sound/dsp: Permission denied > > > lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 9 Dec 7 00:14 dsp -> sound/dsp > > > rene@jackson:/dev > cd sound/ > > > bash: cd: sound/: Permission denied > > > rene@jackson:/dev > > > > > > > rene@jackson:/dev > l snd > > > ls: snd/..: Permission denied > > > ls: snd/.: Permission denied > > > ls: snd/controlC0: Permission denied > > > ls: snd/controlC1: Permission denied > > > ls: snd/timer: Permission denied > > > ls: snd/midiC0D0: Permission denied > > > ls: snd/pcmC0D2p: Permission denied > > > ls: snd/pcmC0D1c: Permission denied > > > ls: snd/pcmC0D0p: Permission denied > > > ls: snd/pcmC0D0c: Permission denied > > > ls: snd/midiC1D0: Permission denied > > > ls: snd/pcmC1D0p: Permission denied > > > ls: snd/pcmC1D0c: Permission denied > > > total 0 > > > > > > They all have 666 (or 777 for dirs)!
Are you positive the directory has 777 permissions? Thomas Hood may have found your problem: > Some devfs permission problems may have arisen because of the > fact that devfs now notifies devfsd of the creation of > directories. Many people have devfsd configured to set > permissions to all devices matching a certain regular > expression --- e.g., all devices with "sound" in their > pathname. The problem is that the "sound" directory itself > matches this regular expression, and so will have its perm > bits set exactly like the device files' perm bits---e.g., > with the eXamine bit cleared. The solution is to edit the > devfsd config so that it excludes the directory. E.g., > instead of: > REGISTER sound PERMISSIONS root.audio 0664 > (which worked before but won't any more) do: > REGISTER ^sound/.* PERMISSIONS root.audio 0664 > or something similar. Regards, Richard.... Permanent: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Current: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel