[GLLUG] More Mandrake 9.0 (Sound Issue)

[C. Ulrich]

Darrel Ray Clute, III wrote:
> On a somewhat related note.  After installing 9.0 on my portable desktop
> I have run into a minor snag with the sound.  The sound runs great when
> logged in as root in X but when I log in as myself I have no sound and
> the sound server throws an error.  Any thoughts??

Check that the permissions for /dev/dsp and /dev/mixer allow them to be
accessed by regular users. (Or on a devfs-enabled system, /dev/sound/dsp and
/dev/sound/mixer.)

[apex:~]$ ls -l /dev/sound/dsp
crw-rw-rw-    1 root     root      14,   3 Dec 31  1969 /dev/sound/dsp
[apex:~]$ ls -l /dev/sound/mixer
crw-rw-rw-    1 root     root      14,   0 Dec 31  1969 /dev/sound/mixer

--C. Ulrich