[vox-if] Help please - must be root to play audio CD

Seth Nagao vox-if@lists.lugod.org
Thu, 15 Apr 2004 18:50:08 -0700


It looks like you need to change the permissions on your /dev/hdc.  The 
quick fix would probably be changing it rw all via chmod 666 /dev/hdc 
(as root).  Some please correct me if I am wrong, or propose a better 
solution.

--Seth

nighthawk999@bigvalley.net wrote:

>Y'all helped me with a TP 600 running Suse Linux 9.0...
>Sound works fine as long as I modprobe cs4232 after
>I log in.
>
>I have to be root in order to play an audio CD,
>otherwide I get an access denied message...
>
>my regular username is a member of the audio
>group, the video group, dialout group...
>
>symlink from /dev/cdrom to /dev/hdc looks
>like a 777 ls -l /dev/hdc looks like a 660
>and the ownership is rooot root.
>
>What do I do??
>
>TIA
>Shorter
>
>
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