Ok, when I originally set up the system it was potato and everything worked fine. Sound worked for root and my user.(so I know it's not a group problem.) I upgraded to woody, still everything worked fine.
The card is a Soundblaster pci 128, and I used the es1370 module, and it worked. Then I compiled the 2.4.17 kernel. Instead of modules, I compiled support for it into the kernel. Now, Root still has sound, but when I log in as a user I get nothing. Checked the group file, and everything is still fine. I use KDE, and when I go to the mixer it says invalid mixer "Esoniq es1370" and the syslog shows: Jan 1 22:43:07 Agamemnon modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-slot-1 Jan 1 22:43:07 Agamemnon modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-service-1-0 Jan 1 22:43:07 Agamemnon modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-slot-1 Jan 1 22:43:07 Agamemnon modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-service-1-0 Jan 1 22:46:16 Agamemnon modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-slot-1 Jan 1 22:46:16 Agamemnon modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-service-1-0 Jan 1 22:46:16 Agamemnon modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-slot-1 Jan 1 22:46:16 Agamemnon modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-service-1-0 Jan 1 22:47:22 Agamemnon gconfd (techgod-980): starting (version 1.0.7), pid 980 user 'techg what's the deal? Wayne