Changing permissions in /dev

[Karl Larsen]

Mark Knoop wrote:
> Karl Larsen wrote:
>   
>> Mark Knoop wrote:
>>     
>>> Karl Larsen wrote:
>>>  
>>>       
>>>> There used to be a way to change permissions on the many /dev/xyz
>>>> directories. The /dev/dsp has a fancy permissions that do not work. I
>>>> want to change it back to root uucp and that I can handle
>>>>         
>>> But what is your problem with /dev/dsp? Are you sure that the 'fancy'
>>> permissions are causing it?
>>>
>>>       
>>    Yes. I read several messages on this list that said applications are
>> not working if they are sending data to /dev/dsp. I have this problem
>> too. If you look at the permission with ls -l it has my login then root
>> and then that stupid sticky bit thing. When I call /dev/dsp with a GUI
>> device the permissions are changed it seems.
>>     
>
> I think your problem is much more likely to be that another application
> is already using /dev/dsp
>
> What is the output of '/usr/sbin/lsof /dev/dsp' when you have this
> problem?
    It just stops with no output.

>  A better solution is to configure applications to use ALSA so
> that you can have multiple sound sources playing simultaneously.
>
>   
Alsa mixer is used by this application. It should work but I have a bug 
in on this too.

Karl