[Sussex] Laptop sound

[Colin Tuckley]

Steven Dobson wrote:
>>This is something I remember from using Woody before. If I remember
>>correctly, it's just a question of changing the /dev/cdrom symlink so
>>that the ordinary user account can use the CD-ROM.
> 
> 
> No it is better to change the device that /dev/cdrom references.

No!

The *correct* way to fix this is to add the user in question to the group
that owns the CD device.

So, in /etc/group add your user name to the line for the group that owns
/dev/cdrom, probably "audio". On my system that line now looks like..

audio:x:29:colin


regards,

Colin

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