loaded Knoppix 3.4, when you log in as root there is sound, when you log in as user there is no sound.
i thought i saw a similar question on here but can't find it...
i ran lspci -v
ACPI]
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 11
Capabilities: <available only to root>
0000:00:07.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 20)
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. Onboard Audio on EP7KXA
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 9
I/O ports at dc00 [size=256]
I/O ports at e000 [size=4]
I/O ports at e400 [size=4]
Capabilities: <available only to root>
0000:00:09.0 Ethernet controller: D-Link System Inc RTL8139 Ethernet (rev 10)
Subsystem: D-Link System Inc DFE-530TX+ 10/100 Ethernet Adapter
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11
I/O ports at e800 [size=256]
Memory at e7000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: <available only to root>
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Trident Microsystems CyberBlade/i1 (rev 6a) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: Trident Microsystems CyberBlade/i1
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 10
Memory at e5800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8M]
Memory at e6000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
Memory at e5000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8M]
Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=64K]
Capabilities: <available only to root>
