I had the same thing, when my daughter started bugging me about having no sound when playing 'rocks-and-diamonds'....
Easiest way to do it (since ALL users should have sound): su - chown .users /dev/dsp Regards//Richard "V.Suresh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > yes, add the user to the group audio. > #addgroup <user> audio > > Once upon a time, Viktor Lakics <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> found a keyboard. And > typed: > >Hi Debianers, > > > >I cannot play any sound files as an ordinary user, while as root > >everything works fine (MP3, wav, whatever). > > > >I got the message : > > > >** WARNING **: oss_open(): Failed to open audio device (/dev/dsp): > >Permission denied > > > >Do I have to be a member of some special group (like dialup users) > >to be able to play sound in debian? If not, how could I set up the > >permissions for ordinary users for sound? > > > >Thanks in advance. Viktor > > > > > >-- > >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ========End of Original Message=============Know Gnu, Know Freedom= > > -- > Regards, > ``` > (0-0) > ------------o00--(_)--00o------------- > V.Suresh > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www16.brinkster.com/vsuresh > .ooo0 0ooo. > -----------( )-----( )------------ > \ ( ) / Powered by DEBIAN > \_) (_/ > > > > > 2:03pm up 25 min, 5 users, load average: 0.00, 0.28, 0.44 > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Webmail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/
