-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Matthew T. Atkinson wrote: | 'ello, | | I remember a few months ago on this list there was some discussion about | the dialogue box that pops up when a user logs into GNOME. It says | ``Error: Wrong permissions for /dev/pmu device.'' Michael Schmitz said | that we should let him know if the problem persists, as he may be | interested in submitting a kernel patch to negate this issue. | | I am now using the GNOME 2.8 in Sarge and still get the box. To be | honest, I have grown so used to it now that it doesn't annoy me so much | any more but I thought I'd post to let people know that on a | PowerBook5,4 the problem still exists. [...] ~ I can confirm that this issue still exists as well with new installations using Gnome 2.8. The udev workaround of entering something like the following in /etc/udev/permissions.d/udev.permissions still works:
pmu:root:audio:0660 ~ The most insightful comment on that thread back in Movember was Michel Danzer's[0] which mentioned that the issue has to do with references to acme integration in gnome-settings-daemon. Does that imply that this would be something for Gnome to fix upstream? I have not looked at the code or configuration files. [0] - http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2004/11/msg00187.html Regards, - -- Barry Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.alltc.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com Registered Linux User #368650 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFB0BLA7bZ6kUftWZwRAnxRAJsHseZteu8jgZx4rfp5FgqzOWE4SwCeLOAh 4tPPcldhlS+YZIZeDKO4Ch8= =omWW -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
