stoney the goomba wrote:

> I am running slackware boxed set 7.1 with kernel 2.2.16
> I have a couple questions.
>
> 1) yesterday I started getting ioctl/(TIOCSETD(PPP)): errors
> I tried everything out of the kernel and ppp how-tos and faq's. I even
> reformatted and reinstalled linux because this was a fresh install but
> that didn't work. What finally worked was deleting the partitions and
> repartioning the drive. That finally worked. I am not sure what happened
> here or why I needed such a drastic fix, seems to me the problem could
> have been resolved some other way but I couldn't find it online. Any
> info on this would be appreciated.
>
> 2) I have the emu10k1 drivers installed as modules and they are loading.
> I can get sound with root but not as a normal user. Any suggestions?

Maybe I'm naïve in even recommending this, but do all users have
access to the sound devices? At the very least, make sure the permissions
for /dev/dsp* and /dev/mixer include read and write for whichever users
as appropriate. Or, to be selective, try "adduser <user> audio"

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 - Michael J. Astrauskas



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