sound problems

oDyman · 11-10-2004, 11:48 PM

Sound is ok when I log in as root but when I log in as a different user I have no sound.
How do I fix this?

malo_umoran · 11-11-2004, 01:08 AM

set chmod 666 on /dev/dsp* and /dev/mixer.

or add your user to a group audio (but don't allways work for me - don't now the reason).

M.

gbonvehi · 11-11-2004, 01:49 AM

To add a user to the audio group, just add the name of it in /etc/group at the end of the line that says something like audio::17: to make it look like audio::17:user

MikeZila · 11-11-2004, 08:10 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by malo_umoran
...add your user to a group audio (but don't allways work for me - don't now the reason)...

That never works for me either. I have a bunch of other special "groups" like that that don't seem to do anything either. Ah well. Setting /dev/mixer and /dev/dsp to be readable by everybody should do the trick.