[SOLVED] : No Sound in normal user login mode

njb · 05-17-2010, 05:35 AM

Hye,
My HDA NVidia (VT1708S Digital) doesn't work when I login normal user.
It works perfectly when I login root

;-/ NjB /

mrclisdue · 05-17-2010, 06:19 AM

There are a few common reasons for this to occur

As your normal user, what is the output of

Code:

$ groups

?

Your user should at least be in the audio group. If you add your user to a group, you must log out and back in for changes to take effect.

Also, as normal user, run alsamixer and ensure that all the outputs have been *unmuted* If you make changes, then afterwards, as root, run # alsactl store.

If it is neither of these two issues, then we'll likely need specific info, and I'm sure others will chime in...

cheers,

onebuck · 05-17-2010, 08:17 AM

Hi,

As root you should be sure to do a 'alsactl store' after setting your 'alsamixer'.

In addition to what mrclisdue stated, whenever you do a 'adduser' the new user can be added to the suggested groups after the primary user group by pressing the 'up-arrow'. The suggested groups;

Code:

floppy audio video cdrom plugdev power netdev

are still the standard. Sure not everyone will need 'floppy' which you can edit by moving on the line to edit via the arrow keys & delete before Enter/Return.

njb · 05-18-2010, 05:21 AM

thank you,

I had to install slackware to interest me in GROUPS of users.
Now I listed the groups concerning a user with command

$ groups

and I gave sound and video to my lamda user

;-) NjB )