Re: sound and no sound

[Nyizsnyik Ferenc <nyizsa@bluebottle.com>]

On Sat, 12 May 2007 17:07:40 +0200 (CEST)
chadjensen <chadjensenster@gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I have a machine. One user logs in (using gnome) and has sound. The
> > second user logs in (also using gnome) and does not. When the second
> > user double-clicks on the volume applet he gets the following error:
> >
> > The volume control did not find any elements and/or devices to
> > control. This means that either you don't have the right GStreamer
>  plugins installed, or that you don't have a sound card configured.
> > You can remove the volume control from the panel by right-clicking
> > the speaker icon on the panel and selecting "Remove from panel"
> > from the menu.
> >
> > Anyone have any advice on how to track down this problem? I figure
> > it has to be something in the second users' environment or dot
> > files, but
>  I haven't a clue where to start.
> >
> > Thanks for your help,
> >
> > Michael
> >
> 
> I had the same problem just barely and I fixed by going to the "users
> and groups" section and giving permissions to the user. It must be a
> bug in an update or something that wipes out the users permissions.
> users and groups->highlight user->"properties" and change it from
> there. chad

Or add the user to the audio group.

> 
> >The web forums force people to change subject lines and >remove
> >context?
> 
> No, but when you push the reply button a blank screen comes up. I
> just figured that the reply would be attached to the thread so I
> didn't need to reply with the same subject line and context. Sorry I
> am kind of new on this forum so a little slack would be nice. chad
> 
> 


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