On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 11:29:08AM +1300, Haralambos Geortgilakis wrote: > > Hi All & Carel > > who confesses to ranting. > > Please don't.
I'm lost, don't do what? confessing or ranting:) > Your fix isn't. You mean that adding youself to the group cdrom, changing back the ownership/access permissions, logging in again, didn't result in sound? > My 'cdrom" is actually a link to my ASUS "dvdrom." Ah, then you'll have to look at the ownership/access permissions on the device you're really using. ( /dev/hd[bc] are likely candidates) > What I needed to do, I think, is create this group & then add myself to > it too? These groups should exist, but yes, you should add all who need to have sound and be able to access the cdrom. e.g.: # adduser your-user-name sound # adduser your-user-name cdrom > So, how do I undo the previous cmd, just with a "-"? argg, top posting, I'm lost again:) You want to get the proper ownership/access permissions back on your dvd player? e.g.: ### let us asume your dvdplayer is on /dev/hdac # chown root:cdrom /dev/hdc # chmod ug=rw,o= /dev/hdc -- groetjes, carel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
