Configuring Sound 1

[FROGGYJ]

When I load Linux i get this error

"Error while initializing the sound driver:
device /dev/dsp can't be opened (Permission Denied)

The sound server will continue, using the null output device"


I am using Debian 3.0 with just a crappy ol onboard sound card off a A7V333

Can someone point me in the right direction here.

 

[franklin97355]

Make sure you have the proper drivers. Check the Debian site and the site for the mobo.

 

[flugh]

Maybe the drivers are installed and working, but your user doesn't have permission to access the device. Do an 'ls -l /dev/dsp', and add your user to the group that 'owns' it (probably audio), and do a 'chmod g+w /dev/dsp' in case group can't write to it. Logout, log back in, should be ok (if this is all permission problems). --
JR

 

[wmg]

Wooohoooo! Thanks for that JR.

My fresh install of MDK9.1 had a similar problem where there were no visible errors (not that I could see anyway) but there was nothing coming through the sound card.

Following your instructions I found two things wrong:

1) /dev/dsp group and owner were both root
2) The 'audio' group had no members

I fixed the problem by using 'chgrp' (for the first time too I might add - ooooh, this is exciting!! *grin) and then adding active users to the 'audio' group.

Thanks for giving power to the noobs!

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