Audio cd's
Hi, im new to this community :)
The thing is, i couldn't play audio cd's, even though i could read any file from a cd. So, i do what i always do when i have a dilema, i used the mighty power of google. Google send to a thread in this forum. The solution on that thread was to add the user to the disk group by editing the /etc/groups file, so i did, and the "problem" was fixed. Now, the question is, was that the correct procedure for the problem i had ? On another thread it said that i also should add the user to the sys group, that seemed not so safe, but anyway just adding to the disk group did the trick. Thanks :study: |
May be you did not unmuted the mixer ?
Try running alsamixer from the shell, and set up your favourite volume levels for PCM, CD, and so on.. Then as root alsactl store will save this settings. Ciao |
You could create a new group especially for accessing /dev/hdc, like 'cdrom'. Then do a chown on /dev/hdc and add users to that group. That way you can safeguard harddisks etc from being accessed by users that need to play audiocds.
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Hi man!
i dont think u need to do that. Just try change the permissions # chmod 666 /dev/dsp # chmod 666 /dev/audio # chmod 666 /dev/sequencer # chmod 666 /dev/mixer # chmod 666 /dev/midi i think this will work! |
That would work, but it also rather unsafe (i.e., your ignorant little brother could blow up your installation). It's always a good idea to restrict usage of resources to people who really really need them and not let just any regular joe access or fiddle around with them. For a better example: it's a rather bad idea to let remote-access accounts play sounds, for obvious reasons: They can't hear them, and if the computer is in your room it's rather annoying to be woken up by some dude playing an mp3.
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