Re: [tlug] KRecord (Mono?)

[Jim Tittsler <jwt-tlug@example.com>]

On Jan 23, 2006, at 14:18, Josh Glover wrote:

> Is this on SuSE? Is there an audio group that you should be in? Please
> run this command and report the output:
>
> egrep 'audio|sound' /etc/group
>
> If a line of output is generated, add yourself to that group. If you
> don't know how, maybe a SuSE expert can tell you.

The disadvantage of the static 'group' approach is that (obviously)  
anyone in that group can use the audio device, even if they aren't at  
the console.  Their playing sound could be unexpected, and "bugging"  
your desktop unwanted.

Some modern distributions (certainly Redhat/Fedora :-) use PAM to  
change ownership of the sound and other computer devices that can be  
thought of as belonging to the person sitting at the computer upon  
console login/logout.  Configuration files in /etc/security/* control  
which devices and their modes.  I *suspect* recent SuSE distributions  
are in this category.  (Not that this explains why the ownership  
isn't changing for Lyle, but those configuration files are where I  
would start looking.)


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