[AUDIO] Not working after upgrade

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seb

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Location: Sydney

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Wednesday, March 24th 2004, 10:45am

[AUDIO] Not working after upgrade

I just recently compiled kde 3.2.1 using konstruct, and it seemed to go without any major issues that i couldn't clear up.

A problem however. For some reason, i am unable to access the audio device (/dev/dsp) as a regular user. This means that i cant play any music, sound or audio. I can however gain audio output logged in as root.

I have a temporary, albiet very very bad solution to it. Everytime that i log in, i need to change the permissions of /dev/dsp as follows:

[code:1]
[seb@localhost seb]$ su
Password:
[root@localhost seb]# chmod 777 /dev/dsp
[root@localhost seb]#
[/code:1]

I really dont like doing this and dont feel that i need to. How can i restore audio access to the regular user??

Much appreciated,
Seb

http://www.sebruiz.net/
http://amarok.kde.org

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anda_skoa

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Location: Graz, Austria

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Wednesday, March 24th 2004, 11:43am

What are the regular permissions and ownership on the device?
Perhaps it is owned by root and an audio group and your user is not part of that group.

Cheers,
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