On Sun, 25 May 2003 14:50:04 +0900 Patrick Shirkey <pshirkey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > chmod a+rw /dev/dsp* > chmod a+rw /dev/mixer > chmod a+rw /dev/sequencer Thats one way of fixing it, but there is a better way (I believe that the above needs to be done on every reboot which is a pain). On my machine: erikd@coltrane > ls /dev/dsp crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 3 Aug 10 2001 /dev/dsp Notice that the device allows rw access by the audio group. Therefore, all you need to do, is for each user on the system who is allowed to access these devices, as root: adduser <username> audio Cheers, Erik -- +-----------------------------------------------------------+ Erik de Castro Lopo nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Yes it's valid) +-----------------------------------------------------------+ This is Linux country. On a quiet night, you can hear NT re-boot.