Struggling with Audio CD access rights in SuSE 8.2
Hello, There seems to be something wrong in my SuSE 8.2 system-configuration. It is not possible to use KsCD and KMix as a user unless I have given as 'root' the commands : chmod a+r /dev/cdrom chmod a=+rw /dev/mixer After every boot, both /dev/cdrom and /dev/mixer only have rw permission for 'root'. My user administration says that I belong to the following groups : jrm Jan Elders 500 users,disk,uucp,dialout,audio,cdrom,video As far as I have understood, this should do the job, but it doesn't ! What puzzles me even more is that I have to give both commands everytime again after having booted. Shouldn't the chmod remain effective, also after boot ? Moreover, I'm also confused by the fact that reading a data-CD is no problem at all. With my SuSE 7.3 I did not have this phenomenon, so I wonder : 1. did I do something wrong in the installation ? 2. or has something been changed with SuSE 8.2 that I have overlooked ? Can anybody please shed some light on this ? Kind regards, -- Jan Elders Nuenen the Netherlands
Jan Elders wrote:
Hello, There seems to be something wrong in my SuSE 8.2 system-configuration.
It is not possible to use KsCD and KMix as a user unless I have given as 'root' the commands : chmod a+r /dev/cdrom chmod a=+rw /dev/mixer After every boot, both /dev/cdrom and /dev/mixer only have rw permission for 'root'.
My user administration says that I belong to the following groups : jrm Jan Elders 500 users,disk,uucp,dialout,audio,cdrom,video As far as I have understood, this should do the job, but it doesn't !
What puzzles me even more is that I have to give both commands everytime again after having booted. Shouldn't the chmod remain effective, also after boot ? Moreover, I'm also confused by the fact that reading a data-CD is no problem at all.
With my SuSE 7.3 I did not have this phenomenon, so I wonder : 1. did I do something wrong in the installation ? 2. or has something been changed with SuSE 8.2 that I have overlooked ?
Can anybody please shed some light on this ?
Kind regards,
My sympathy for you. I too have problems with SuSE. Only mine is with 8.1. ( I can not get on the network, no matter how it is configured!) No problems with my 7.2. I believe someone goofed with the 8. series. I have gone back to my Windows 2000 Pro. and I will continue to use what works. I wish you good luck. charles
Jan Elders wrote:
Hello, There seems to be something wrong in my SuSE 8.2 system-configuration.
It is not possible to use KsCD and KMix as a user unless I have given as 'root' the commands : chmod a+r /dev/cdrom chmod a=+rw /dev/mixer After every boot, both /dev/cdrom and /dev/mixer only have rw permission for 'root'.
My user administration says that I belong to the following groups : jrm Jan Elders 500 users,disk,uucp,dialout,audio,cdrom,video As far as I have understood, this should do the job, but it doesn't !
What puzzles me even more is that I have to give both commands everytime again after having booted. Shouldn't the chmod remain effective, also after boot ? Moreover, I'm also confused by the fact that reading a data-CD is no problem at all.
With my SuSE 7.3 I did not have this phenomenon, so I wonder : 1. did I do something wrong in the installation ? 2. or has something been changed with SuSE 8.2 that I have overlooked ?
Can anybody please shed some light on this ?
I've done some searching and i found that a lot of people having problems with the permission changes they made being gone after a reboot are people using lilo. So are you using lilo? If so try to run lilo as root after you have changed the permissions and see if they stay after a reboot. Btw, i'm running SuSE 8.2 also and i don't have any of the problems you have, exept for the win4lin kernel i have everything is pretty much default. Groetjes, Chris Maaskant.
I'm running SuSE 8.2 and KDE 3.1.2 - I find (some) changes in KDE don't seem to take effect unless I kill KDE and rerun it - apart from that I do not have any problems. On Sunday 13 July 2003 12:03 pm, Chris Maaskant wrote:
Jan Elders wrote:
Hello, There seems to be something wrong in my SuSE 8.2 system-configuration.
It is not possible to use KsCD and KMix as a user unless I have given as 'root' the commands : chmod a+r /dev/cdrom chmod a=+rw /dev/mixer After every boot, both /dev/cdrom and /dev/mixer only have rw permission for 'root'.
My user administration says that I belong to the following groups : jrm Jan Elders 500 users,disk,uucp,dialout,audio,cdrom,video As far as I have understood, this should do the job, but it doesn't !
What puzzles me even more is that I have to give both commands everytime again after having booted. Shouldn't the chmod remain effective, also after boot ? Moreover, I'm also confused by the fact that reading a data-CD is no problem at all.
With my SuSE 7.3 I did not have this phenomenon, so I wonder : 1. did I do something wrong in the installation ? 2. or has something been changed with SuSE 8.2 that I have overlooked ?
Can anybody please shed some light on this ?
I've done some searching and i found that a lot of people having problems with the permission changes they made being gone after a reboot are people using lilo.
So are you using lilo?
If so try to run lilo as root after you have changed the permissions and see if they stay after a reboot.
Btw, i'm running SuSE 8.2 also and i don't have any of the problems you have, exept for the win4lin kernel i have everything is pretty much default.
Groetjes,
Chris Maaskant.
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Charles Mouille
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Chris Maaskant
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gerry gavigan
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Jan Elders