On Thu, Oct 25, 2001 at 07:36:41PM +0200, Martin Kacerovsky wrote: > > calypso:/home/stephen# ls -al /dev/mixer0 > > crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 0 Oct 24 11:44 /dev/mixer0 > > calypso:/home/stephen# > > > > to my untrained eye, this appears normal. anyone have any ideas as to > > what i may be doing wrong? (incidentally, alsamixer produces the same > > error -- which, under the circumstances, is no big surprise). > > Hi, try chmod 666 /dev/mixer0, or chmod 777 /dev/mixer0
1) Audio devices don't need execute perms. They should be 660, not 770. 2) Making it world-accessible lets anyone (like, say, that script kiddie who cracked a CGI and is now using www-data's privileges) get at your sound card and play rude sounds through it. Or record any audio source hooked into it. Including a microphone, if one is hooked up. If it's a permission problem, make sure the relevant user is a member of the audio group. (And, given that this particular error is occurring during the boot sequence, it's not likely to be a permission problem.) -- When we reduce our own liberties to stop terrorism, the terrorists have already won. - reverius Innocence is no protection when governments go bad. - Mr. Slippery
