--- John Halton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 9/10/06, Andrew Schulman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The sound has stopped working for regular, non-root users on my > > > installation of Debian Etch (on a Dell PC with integrated Intel audio > > > chipset). > > > > > > Sound still works for root (or using sudo), but when I try to run an > > > audio program as an ordinary user (eg mplayer, alsamixer), I get an > > > error saying, "No such device" or similar. All users are members of the > > > "audio" group. > > > > ls -l /dev/dsp /dev/audio to check that both of those devices belong to > the > > 'audio' group. > > > > The problem appears to be resolved now. Deleting one user appeared to > have removed all other users from the audio group for some reason. > Adding the users back in didn't make the sound work again immediately, > but then I happened to reboot and the sound had come back again. Just > one of those things I guess...
The reason that sound came back only after the reboot is that adding a user to a group does not take effect until you exit the user and logon again. Rebooting took care of that. Marc Shapiro -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
