* Lubos Vrbka ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: |> ok, this seems to be clear now. none of alsa-native applications work |> for me - they give different sorts of errors, similar to one given |> above. the problem with permissions was my mistake - i added myself to |> the audio group but didn't logout and login (is there any better way how |> to "update" the group information)?
Not that I know of. |> after it, it seems to be ok... Excellent. |> what disturbs me that e.g. alsamixer didn't work for me as root and now |> it works... however i didn't make any changes with respect to root's |> account... This, I don't understand. |> >I assume you're using udev (since you're using the 2.6.11 kernel)? That |> >will normally create the needed nodes in /dev/snd at boot time. But it |> >might be worth checking that they are there. |> i really don't know whether i use udev or not, in this respect i'm a |> newbie. if it is default for amd64 testing and 2.6.11 kernel, then |> yes... i checked /dev/snd. the directory is there with many files in it. |> they are owned by root/audio with 660 permissions. udev is a program which takes information from the hotplug system and creates (or destroys) device files in the /dev/ directory as they are needed (as devices are added to, or removed from, the system). There is a very clear short paper about it here, written by the principal developer:: http://www.kroah.com/linux/talks/ols_2003_udev_paper/Reprint-Kroah-Hartman-OLS2003.pdf If you have a directory /etc/udev, then you are using it. Its great advantage is that you can assign persistent device-names to devices that are standardly added to and removed from the system (USB pendrives, digital cameras, USB audio devices and the like). |> >Maybe you should recompile using modules, then run alsaconf? That |> >usually does a good job of setting things up as long as there is only |> >one soundcard in the system, |> well, since it works i think i will leave it as it is :) Most sensible. Cheers, Jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
