Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] sound output for oss compatibility using alsa drivers
From: Paul Winkler (pw_lists_AT_slinkp.com)
Date: Wed Apr 03 2002 - 20:00:19 EEST
On Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 11:34:21AM -0500, Bill Allen wrote:
> This is probably a real newbie question. I've been
> using mostly native alsa apps for sound output, but the few that I've used
> that require OSS (/dev/dsp) output, I've found that I must be root to get
> to work. Would I be mistaken to assume that it's because my /dev/dsp is
> simlinked to /dev/dsp0 which is:
>
> crw------- 1 root root 14, 3 Mar 15 08:09 /dev/dsp0
Bingo.
Change the permissions.
You don't need 777, 666 would be fine, or if all you want is
output, 644.
--PW
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