On Mon, 27 Dec 2004, Barry Hawkins wrote: > -----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. > [...] > ~ 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
Ubuntu already found a workaround for this, according to Debian GNOME team member Sebastien Bacher. The patch has yet to be added to Debian packages. See Bug #284328 -- Martin-Éric Racine, ICT Consultant http://www.iki.fi/q-funk/
