charlie oriez wrote: > > I'm running Mandrake 8.0 > I have a soundblaster 16 sound card > I get sound on the Win2000 side of my box but not the linux side. > > When opening a web page (as user, not root, using NS4.77) with embedded > sound, I get the alert box "cant open output file /dev/dsp" Havent tried it > as root. > > /dev/dsp exists, but the permissions are presumably not what they should be, > since that is apparently a root user file with no group permissions set. my > user is coriez. > > crw------- 1 coriez audio 14, 3 May 27 08:21 dsp > > will a chmod +660 be sufficient and appropriate or am I widely off mark? > > tia >
IIRC your chmod +660 isn't that that far off what I did. I did a chmod +777 to be sure, allowing anyone to run that module. Worked fine, it was an alsa bug. :] Found that answer in their FAQ -- Femme Good Decisions You boss Made: "We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that character from Peanuts." - Source: Dilbert
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