Are you a member of the group "audio"? If not, you won't have access to the dsp device, though I don't know if this is needed for playing audio cd's.
On Wednesday 08 November 2000 19:16, Joseph Holland King wrote: > since i have installed debian i have been without sound. my cdrom can read > cd's when loaded so i know that is working. and i can use tcd to play a > cd, however i get no sound. when i was using redhat i had at least cd > output without having my soundcard supported. what can i do to get sound, > even if it is just cd output directly. thanx > -- Did you know that if you play a Windows 2000 cd backwards, you will hear the voice of Satan? That's nothing! If you play it forward, it'll install Windows 2000.