[linus@archlinux ~]$ ls -l /dev/sound/ ls: cannot access /dev/sound/mixer1: Permission denied ls: cannot access /dev/sound/dmmidi1: Permission denied ls: cannot access /dev/sound/sequencer2: Permission denied ls: cannot access /dev/sound/sequencer: Permission denied ls: cannot access /dev/sound/audio: Permission denied ls: cannot access /dev/sound/dsp: Permission denied ls: cannot access /dev/sound/adsp: Permission denied ls: cannot access /dev/sound/mixer: Permission denied total 0 c????????? ? ? ? ? ? adsp c????????? ? ? ? ? ? audio c????????? ? ? ? ? ? dmmidi1 c????????? ? ? ? ? ? dsp c????????? ? ? ? ? ? mixer c????????? ? ? ? ? ? mixer1 c????????? ? ? ? ? ? sequencer c????????? ? ? ? ? ? sequencer2 [linus@archlinux ~]$ su Password: [root@archlinux linus]# ls -l /dev/sound/ total 0 crw-rw-rw- 1 root audio 14, 12 2007-06-04 22:11 adsp crw-rw-rw- 1 root audio 14, 4 2007-06-04 22:11 audio crw-rw-rw- 1 root audio 14, 25 2007-06-04 22:11 dmmidi1 crw-rw-rw- 1 root audio 14, 3 2007-06-04 22:11 dsp crw-rw-rw- 1 root audio 14, 0 2007-06-04 22:11 mixer crw-rw-rw- 1 root audio 14, 16 2007-06-04 22:11 mixer1 crw-rw-rw- 1 root audio 14, 1 2007-06-04 22:11 sequencer crw-rw-rw- 1 root audio 14, 8 2007-06-04 22:11 sequencer