[ale] Permissions on /dev/dsp?

[msmith at mikeandmel.com]

I was having this problem whenever I ran
VNCServer(/etc/initd/vncserver start).  I simply shut
down VNCServer and I didn't get the error anymore.  I
didn't investigate it any further but I guess that VNC
grabbed control of the device....

On Mon, 16 Dec 2002 08:37:21 -0800 (PST), Ryan Neily
wrote:

> 
> 
> I have a RedHat 8.0 box that also has a cheapo sound
> card installed in it.  
> I am trying to allow my "users" to be able to play
> sounds through the 
> /dev/dsp device, however every couple of days, the
> permissions on the 
> /dev/dsp device are changed so that only root has
> access.
> 
> I have a feeling this has something to do with the
> sound module 
> "auto-cleaning" and removing itself from memory when
> the sound card is not 
> used.  When sound is played, the module is then
> reloaded, and the 
> permissions are set so that only root can access the
> /dev/dsp device.
> 
> Is there a simple "clean" workaround for this?  I'm
> currently chroning a 
> job nightly to change the permisions back, but how
ugly
> is that?
> 
> -- 
> Ryan Neily
> ryan at neily.net
> 
> Random Quote:
> Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of
> APL, I shall fear no
> evil, for I can string six primitive monadic and
dyadic
> operators together.
> 		-- Steve Higgins
> 
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