Hi; I am having the same type problem. On Fri, 2005-07-22 at 12:00 -0400, fedora-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > well, as the message sais it's a problem of permisions > you need to chmod 666 /dev/dsp and chmod 666 /dev/mixer > Every time I make the above changes, something changes it back as soon as I log out and in again. Bugzilla suggests changes to asound.conf pcm.!default { type hw card 0 } ctl.!default { type hw card 0 } And it keeps getting changed back, even when I don't use system-config-sound I have searched for the controlling file or program and can't find out why this is happening. > On 7/22/05, Joe(theWordy)Philbrook <jtwdyp@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > [snip] > > Well for weeks the generic account stopped getting the error > message, > > but still didn't get any sound output to my speakers. > > > > Lately, I've again started to get the /dev/dsp error pop up message. > > > > > > What I'd like to know is how to specify to the "kernel and/or gui > > processes which user account or accounts should have the needed > > permissions to get a working sound server on startx. > > > > clues welcome...