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List:       kde
Subject:    Re: Yamaha Sound-Card can't work
From:       Ian Zepp <icszepp () islc ! net>
Date:       1999-10-25 22:10:08
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On Mon, 25 Oct 1999, musaja wrote:

> I get an error message when running sound Mixer Panel'
> 
> Mixer failure
> -------------
> Kmix: Could not open mixer.
> Perhaps you have no permission to access the mixer device.
> Login as root and do a 'chmod a+rw /dev/mixer' to allow the access.
> 
> I do the command 'chmod a+rw /dev/mixer' and login as a root, but the
> problem still occur.
> 

Not always needed, nor is it safe. Do a "ls -l /dev/mixer" and see if
there is another group (other than root) for the mixer. This is often the
group "audio". If so, it is easier, and safer, to simply add the user to
that grup as such:

adduser <username> <group>

Regards

Ian

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