[PD] /dev/dspW?

CK x at meta.lo-res.org
Thu Sep 9 15:25:51 CEST 2004


I read:
> Thanks, except now I get "Permission denied" errors when I try to run pd 
> as a non-root user, and "No such device or address" when I run it as root. 

brute f0Rc3: chmod 777 /dev/dsp

recommended: addgroup audio # if not there already
	     chown :audio /dev/dsp
             chmod g+rw /dev/dsp

then add yourself or any other user that needs access to the audio group
i.e.: adduser username audio	

> I was thinking maybe there was something like .pdrc file or similar config 
> file where I could specify which /dev pd would use.

as mentioned earlier it's hardcoded

HTH

x 

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