hi!

i have slack12.1.
Trying to boot in runlevel 4 to have a graphical login, but when i change runlevel 3 to 4 the sound doesnt works, why?

i change /dev/dsp with chmod 666 /dev/dsp and nothing
i add my user in the audio group, and nothing too

as root work fine, obviously.}

thanx for the help!

Are you sure it is turned up in KDE or whatever DE/WM you are using?

yeah!!
i use kde and works fine in runlevel 3, but in 4 nop

Can you turn it up in runlevel 4 KDE, or is the device just not being read properly?

See I figured that the problem had something to do with Session Manager and that it was restoring your sound level to a low state. I don't think the Session Manager is active in runlevel 3, but in 4 it is.

The session manager is active in runlevel 3 as well, but your advice is still good -- you should check anyway specialized. Try running `alsamixer` in a console and make sure the volume is turned up, and try playing with the 'M' key (it mutes/unmutes it -- 00 is supposed to be unmuted, but some sound cards interpret it as the opposite. Play around with both settings to see if the sound works). If you can hear sound after playing with alsamixer (press Esc twice to exit), type `alsactl store` as root to save the changes. You may also wish to try running `alsaconf` if you can't get it to work.

Can you please post the output of `lsmod | grep snd` in runlevel 3 (when the sound is working) and in runlevel 4 (when the sound isn't)? The output of `lspci -vv` would also help.

the error in amarok, for example is "xine was unable to initialize any audio driaver"

en mplayer is " could not open/initialize audio device -> no sound"

and th outputs

INIT3
snd_seq_dummy 6660 0
snd_seq_oss 32896 0
snd_seq_midi_event 10112 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 50256 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_pcm_oss 40352 0
snd_mixer_oss 17920 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_intel8x0 31900 1
snd_mpu401 10216 0
snd_ac97_codec 98724 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_mpu401_uart 10496 1 snd_mpu401
ac97_bus 5760 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_rawmidi 22560 1 snd_mpu401_uart
snd_pcm 72068 3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
snd_seq_device 10380 4 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi
snd_timer 22532 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd 47716 14 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_mpu401,snd_ac97_codec,snd_mpu401_uart ,snd_rawmidi,snd_pcm,snd_seq_device,snd_timer
snd_page_alloc 11528 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
soundcore 9824 1 snd


INIT4
snd_seq_dummy 6660 0
snd_seq_oss 32896 0
snd_seq_midi_event 10112 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 50256 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_pcm_oss 40352 0
snd_mixer_oss 17920 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_intel8x0 31900 0
snd_mpu401 10216 0
snd_ac97_codec 98724 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_mpu401_uart 10496 1 snd_mpu401
snd_rawmidi 22560 1 snd_mpu401_uart
ac97_bus 5760 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_seq_device 10380 4 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi
snd_pcm 72068 3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
snd_timer 22532 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd 47716 12 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_mpu401,snd_ac97_codec,snd_mpu401_uart ,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm,snd_timer
snd_page_alloc 11528 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
soundcore 9824 1 snd


I guess, its a problem of chmod or chown, as root works
and the modules sems to be fine.

I ran into the exact same problem.

It's a group membership thing.

thanx melkor, works.........but....iluvatar?

jejeje im reading the silmarillion right now.....

Iluvatar is overrated.

Wait, I thought you said your user was already a part of the 'audio' group. Did you only check this in runlevel 3 before?

By the way, to add a user to a group, don't use
usermod -G group username
(as Melkor's post #28 says)

Instead use
The first one makes your user just a part of the groups listed (other than initial group), while the second command simply add your user to that one group. You can also just modify /etc/group.