Hi,
On Sat, Feb 10, 2001 at 03:55:40PM +0000, Mark Page wrote:
> Recently decided to change distro and go with Debian. Installation not
> without pain given the completely different basis to others.
>> Under my normal user login I cannot access any sound utilities. How do I
> change the permissions? The errors I get are something like 'you do not
> have access to the cdrom' which I clearly do as I can mount and umount.
> I cannot open any mixers, cdplayers, xmms etc...
>> Any help much appreciated.
The machine I'm typing on seems to have a group `audio'. Run vigr as
root and add yourself to that group. You might have to log out and in
again. See if that helps...
ATB,
Wesley.
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