Matt Thompson wrote:
>
> > Matt Thompson wrote:
> > >
> > > On Fri, 5 Jun 1998, Ed Cogburn wrote:
> > > > Matt Thompson wrote:
> > > > > I have a fully upgraded hamm system. I upgrade with dselect almost
> > > > > daily.
> > > > > I recently tried to use my scanner under GIMP and it said:
> > > > >
> > > > > Failed to open device 'umax:/dev/scanner' invalid argument.
> > > > >
> > > > > A day or so later I tried to play a RealAudio feed, but it said
> > > > > 'Cannot
> > > > > open audio device'. Just as a test, I tried xanim on a .wav file,
> > > > > and it
> > > > > said 'Can't open /dev/dsp device'.
> > >
> > > <snip>
> > >
> > > > Did you check /dev to see if these devices were actually present?
> > > > If they
> > > > are not there re-run MAKEDEV. 'MAKEDEV audio' will recreate the
> > > > /dev/dsp
> > > > device. Look in /etc/devinfo for info on what keyword to use with
> > > > MAKEDEV
> > > > for creating /dev/scanner. Have you changed kernels since the last time
> > > > they worked? Maybe your kernel setup is wrong.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Ed
> > > >
> > > Man, do I feel like a dork! I did a ls -l on the two /dev's and they're
> > > there, but for some reason the permissions have changed. Root is able to
> > > open them just fine. *sigh* I guess I still don't research things as
> > > well as I should before posting to the list.
> > >
> > > Thanks loads for the help, Ed :)
> > > Matt
> > >
> >
> >
> > Don't feel bad; file permissions problems end up biting everybody.
> > I've
> > had numerous problems with getting PPP connections to work because of file
> > permissions that get changed between updates to pppd. It's part of the
> > Linux learning process. <sigh>
> >
> >
> > --
> > Ed
> >
> IMHO, that's one of the things that will keep Linux from wide-spread
> acceptance. I wonder if that sort of thing will ever get better?
>
> I hope so...
>
> Thanks again,
> Matt
Linux is more complicated/sophisticated than DOS/Win. It will never be
accepted (in its current form) as a mainstream OS not because its Linux, but
because its Unix, i.e. Unix has never been known as a mainstream,
user-friendly OS.
On the other hand, keep in mind that the feature we are talking about
(file
permissions) is related to Unix's multi-user personality and is something
which DOS/Win doesn't even have.
There are things that will improve the situation too. I'm eagerly
awaiting
a stable GNOME implementation, plus a good GNOME-aware window manager.
--
Ed
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