> -----Original Message----- > From: Stephen Gran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, 21 January 2003 3:38 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [SOLVED]: Re: sound card detection problem > > > This one time, at band camp, Aryan Ameri said: > > On Monday 20 January 2003 18:41, Jon wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > The module you need is 'es1371' for the Vibra 128 chipset. I put > > > this on a line in /etc/modules so it gets loaded up each time. If > > > you haven't done so already, you also need to add yourself to the > > > audio group: > > > > > > adduser your_name audio > > This is correct. > > > > And also change the permissions on the audio devices: > > > > > > chmod o+rw /dev/dsp* > > > chmod o+rw /dev/mixer* > > No, no, a thousand times no. /dev/dsp is readable and > writable by a user and a group already, why make it > accessible to the whole world? What you have just done is > bypass standard *NIX permission protections, and allowed > anyone with a connection to your box to play music through > your speakers or listen to you through your microphone. >
Thankyou! That seems quite obvious. I probably fiddled with the permissions _before_ I realised about the audio group, in an attempt to get sound working the first time and stop seeing error messages. There must be a lot of little things like this that I do to get the right result but perhaps not in the right way :-/ Jon. > When you have these sort of problems, it's better to learn > the way to resolve them that works within the existing > framework (as adding a user to group audio does) than totally > bypassing the existing filesystem layer of protection. > Habits learned early tend to stick, so it's better to learn > the right way early on. > > > > After that you should have sound. At least, that works for me. > > Unfortunately, so will everyone else )-: > > > Thanks Jon, it worked wonderfully > > -- > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------ > | Stephen Gran | We are using Linux daily > to UP our | > | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | productivity - so UP > yours! (Adapted | > | http://www.lobefin.net/~steve | from Pat Paulsen by Joe > Sloan) | > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------ > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
