I recently reinstalled Sarge PPC on a G4 iMac. Each time I boot up now,
I get an error warning:
"Error: Wrong permission for 'dev/pmu' device"
I've tracked thru the system & all the ref books on hand, also various
linux sites online. Conclusion so far is that this permission problem on
/dev/pmu is what is responsible for the fact I have >no< sound in the
system, despite the fact that I've installed alsa and any number of
sound tools.
Here's my listing in /dev:
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 3 2005-01-07 12:27 null
crw-rw---- 1 root root 10, 144 2005-01-07 12:27 nvram
crw-rw---- 1 root root 10, 154 2005-01-07 12:27 pmu
crw-r----- 1 root kmem 1, 4 2005-01-07 12:27 port
crw------- 1 root root 108, 0 2005-01-07 12:27 ppp
It's clear pmu is a character device, which helps interface betw the
kernel and various hardware devices, but beyond that, I'm lost.
Would someone please help me (1) interpret my error message above; (2)
explain how it relates to my lack of sound; (3) where to go from here to
resolve the issue.
Thanks so much. --Harvey