Kmix Problem

[arcturus]

When logged in as root Kmix is seen in the task bar and is operational.

When logged in as user it's not in the task bar unless started but shows up as a red 'X' and isn't functional.

Does this suggest some type of permissions issue?  I'm a little weak on both the diagnosis and solutions here.

[MrApples]

yes, it does sound like perms, check the perms on /dev/dsp (i think)

[shoegoo]

to do that run ls -alF /dev/dsp

[arcturus]

Code:

arcturus@slax:~$ ls -aIF /dev/dsp
/dev/dsp@

Code:

arcturus@slax:~$ ls -aIF /dev/mixer
/dev/mixer@

Code:

arcturus@slax:/dev$ ls -l
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root         10 May 11 16:56 adsp -> sound/adsp
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root         12 May 11 16:56 agpgart -> misc/agpgart
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root         11 May 11 16:56 audio -> sound/audio
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root          3 May 11 16:56 cdrom -> hdc
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root          3 May 11 16:56 cdrom0 -> hdc
crw-------  1 root tty      5,   1 May 11 16:56 console
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root         11 May 11 16:56 core -> /proc/kcore
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root          9 May 11 16:56 dsp -> sound/dsp
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root          3 May 11 16:56 dvd -> hdc
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root          3 May 11 16:56 dvd0 -> hdc
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root         13 May 11 16:56 fd -> /proc/self/fd/
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root          8 May 11 16:56 fd0 -> floppy/0

<snip>

Code:

lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root         11 May 11 16:56 mixer -> sound/mixer
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root          5 May 11 16:56 mouse -> psaux

audio group?  add arcturus somehow?  

usermod -G audio username as root?  other groups?

[MrApples]

you might cat /etc/groups |grep audio to see if thats a factor, and if it is then usermod -G audio,wheel,users,games,tty,<insert others> arcturus

[VerteX]

What i do in gentoo is
nano /etc/group  (s maby?)
and look for audio and but vertex, at the end

[arcturus]

Code:

arcturus@slax:/etc/cups$ cat /etc/group
root::0:root
bin::1:root,bin,daemon
daemon::2:root,bin,daemon
sys::3:root,bin,adm
adm::4:root,adm,daemon
tty::5:
disk::6:root,adm
lp::7:lp
mem::8:
kmem::9:
wheel::10:root
floppy::11:root
mail::12:mail
news::13:news
uucp::14:uucp
man::15:
audio::17:
video::18:
cdrom::19:
games::20:
slocate::21:
utmp::22:
smmsp::25:smmsp
mysql::27:
rpc::32:
sshd::33:sshd
gdm::42:
shadow::43:
ftp::50:
pop::90:pop
nobody::98:nobody
nogroup::99:
users::100:
console::101:

not quite sure what this all means and where to go from here?

[MrApples]

usermod -G audio,wheel,users,games,tty,<insert others> arcturus

[VerteX]

Apps, what i dont like about that method is you have to list EVERYTHING, and know what groups you are part of.

Arc...

Change this line:

Code:

audio::17:

to this:

Code:

audio::17:(uname)

replace (uname) with your username.

of course i am a noob though

[cloaked_chaos]

of course i am a noob though

You got that right!!!

[arcturus]

here's the exact keystroke solution (ran into this with Arch Linux too) -

chmod 666 /dev/dsp*

also,

gpasswd -a USERNAME audio

[shoegoo]

chmod 666 /dev/dsp*

Does that give the devil full permissions on your sound device?

[arcturus]

lol, so long as it works I don't care who uses it

[Zetsumei]

chmod 666 /dev/dsp*

Does that give the devil full permissions on your sound device?

ROLFMAO, thats what I thought the first time I read it, and then I read Shoegoo's post.  How classic.  

Can you edit permissions using the file manager if you can accsess the root under the file manager?

[MrApples]

yes you can