"Tom Masterson" <kd7cyu@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Hi Folks > > > > I can get alsamixer and amixer to work if I am logged in as root but not as a > user. I get a permission denied error on the default device. What do I need > to set permissions on to solve this? I have looked at the man pages and they > don't tell me. > you must have read and write access on the device (probably /dev/dsp) for the user. If your distro is a debian, add the user to the audio group by typing the following command as root : adduser your_user audio After that logout and log in again as user before retrying the alsa commands. Hope this help, > > > Thanks > > Tom > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- Nath _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list