Are you really doing this as root? (or using sudo)

As SU

If you're really logged in as root I can see no explanation at all to why you would not be able to create the file. But just to make sure, try this. After you've switched to root using su, enter the command
If you get the output
well, then you're good to go. (Of course, the easiest way to see if you're root is to see if you have a # instead of a $ in the command prompt, at least on most distros but I'd use whoami just to make sure.)

Then (if you are in fact root) do what I described earlier
Add this line to the file:
Save and exit using CTRL-x

check that you have the file and that it contains the correct line
Like I said, I can think of no reason why root would not be able to create the file.

best regards
CZ

I get the comments as you have posted, redid the whole thing, Audio is still out on reboot

Ok, could you reboot the system without the webcam connected and run post the output of cat /proc/asound/modules? And when you do this, sound works fine, right?

It'll help us make *really* sure which module is in fact used by the onboard card. (That's why I in the original post included commands both with and without the webcam connected.)

/CZ

0 snd_intel8x0
1 snd_mpu401

Without cam connected and yes all sound works fine.

ok, now I'm confused. This is the same output that you have posted earlier, which I assumed was how it looked with the webcam connected?

Could you post the output when your webcam is connected? Also, do you by any chance have any other devices connected that use sound modules?

cat /proc/asound/modules
With the cam installed while machine on is;

0 snd_intel8x0
1 snd_mpu401
2 snd_usb_audio

Sound and everything works fine. (until it reboots)

Ah, Try adding the following line to /etc/modprobe.d/sound:

options snd_usb_audio index=2

/CZ

Ok did that, created allot of problems. On reboot the sound did work but the webcam was not recognized, when I unplugged and replugged then it worked. I also lost my internet connection, so I put it back to 1 instead of 2 and after several more reboots and playing with the network connection button I finally got back on the net.

Strange. I cannot for the life of me see how that would have any effect on the network. As for a network connection button, I don't know what it is. Anyway, try this in instead:

Basically, what you're doing is that you tell the system how to index all connected sound devices.

A word of advice is that you try to post information that help diagnose the problem. For example, you could have checked out how cat /proc/asound/modules looked when you had the problem. It might have given an indication of what was the cause of it. Also, in my first reply to you I asked that you post the output of the commands listed in the first post, with and without the webcam connected. Had you done so, I would have realized that snd_intel8x0 and snd_mpu401 was not used by the webcam at all and that would have saved some time. As a general rule, a bit too much information is better than a bit too little.

best regards
/CZ

I thought I had, trying to be specific.

Added the new script and I get sound, but the webcam is not recognized (tried Cheese and skype), webcam light is on.

cat /proc/asound/modules tels me this;
0 snd_intel8x0
1 snd_mpu401
2 snd_usb_audio

Unplugging and replugging in the webcame activates cheese and the video is a go, same as skype.
redoing cat /proc/asound/modules gives me the same;
0 snd_intel8x0
1 snd_mpu401
2 snd_usb_audio

I guess the good thing is the sound does not shut off now when the webcam is left in, but wont work till its "fresh pluged in"

Neil

Well, at loeast your system is a bit more robust now. Should you for whatever reason change webcam or stop using it you can just remove the last of the three lines. As for needing to re-connect it in order for it to be detected properly I have no no idea why that is so. Sorry.

Well I really appreciate your time u have taken to help me out.
Thanks!!!