I figured that something was blocking the sound between login and
startup, so I decided to add another user and see what happens. Sure
enough, new user had sound. So I went and took a look at my user
properties and discovered that somehow I lost all privileges. I gave
myself all priveliges, saved,
I've got a T40 with Fiesty Fawn installed and the HIBERNATE_MODE fix did
nothing.
Strange thing is when I reboot I get sound on the Username screen, (that's the
sound of bongos) and then nothing.
The volume control has a red crossed circle over it, and clicking on it brings
up a dialog saying so