sound card problems
Hello!
I'm a newbie, actually I'm using Debian Woody 3.0r2 and it run very well, but yesterday I changed my Desktop Manager (KDE) to Gnome. Today I changed again to KDE and the soundcard has a problem, this is the window message that appear: Sound Server Informational Message 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. That's all, and I can't hear anything. Please, I need your help! Thanks. :( PD. I have a Cmedia 8738 soundcard |
Did the sound work before the Gnome switch? Did it work during your time in Gnome?
What are the actual permissions of /dev/dsp? Maybe something in Gnome's setup resulted in changing permissions? Or, maybe you're using a different user that isn't in an audio group you may have designated? |
Yes, my soundcard was working, I don't remember if I play any sound in Gnome, but before, yes, it work.
Well, you say that maybe I'm using a different user and you are right, because I did the switching desktop when I was root, but finally, when I start KDE I use a normal user because when I try to start KDE a message appears saying me that root is not allowed to start any desktop manager. |
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 3 dsp
that's the permission of file. |
Run the following commands to change the permissions of /dev/dsp and /dev/mixer
Code:
chmod 666 /dev/dsp |
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