From kde Tue Oct 26 22:15:19 1999 From: Ian Zepp Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 22:15:19 +0000 To: kde Subject: Re: Yamaha Sound-Card can't work X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde&m=94099042703196 On Wed, 27 Oct 1999, musaja wrote: > At 17:10 25/10/99 -0500, Ian Zepp wrote: > >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. > > musaja# ls -l /dev/mixer > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root wheel 6 Oct 23 18:48 /dev/mixer -> mixer0 > I'm not sure how to handle this, as the wheel group is used for many different things, so adding someone to that group might not be the best idea. Looks to me like you have three choices: 1) Set the audio program setuid root: # chmod u+s 2) Add yourself to the group # adduser wheel 3) Set global rw permissions # chmod a+rw /dev/mixer0 Regards Ian > musaja# dmesg > ... > Probing for PnP devices: > CSN 1 vendor ID: YMH0020 [0x2000a865] Serial 0xffffffff Comp ID: PNPb02f > [0x2fb0d041] > ... > > What can I do next ? > BTW : I'm using FreeBSD 3.2 Release & KDE > > >Regards > >Ian > musaja > > >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. > -- > Send posts to: kde@lists.netcentral.net > Send all commands to: kde-request@lists.netcentral.net > Put your command in the SUBJECT of the message: > "subscribe", "unsubscribe", "set digest on", or "set digest off" > PLEASE READ THE ARCHIVED MESSAGES AT http://lists.kde.org/ BEFORE POSTING > ********************************************************************** > This list is from your pals at NetCentral > -- Send posts to: kde@lists.netcentral.net Send all commands to: kde-request@lists.netcentral.net Put your command in the SUBJECT of the message: "subscribe", "unsubscribe", "set digest on", or "set digest off" PLEASE READ THE ARCHIVED MESSAGES AT http://lists.kde.org/ BEFORE POSTING ********************************************************************** This list is from your pals at NetCentral