Sounds...Gnome2...

[tom <tom@mail.osageinc.com>]

In every mail list the really dumba question must fall.....
So I take the responsibility to provide that:

I worked mightly to add sounds to Gnome2. It was not hard, I found I 
had the wrong kernel config, I picked Esonique when the sound card is 
Maestro2E.

How'er, the sounds work perfect if I sign into Gnome2 as root, but not 
as me.

I can run the machine as root, it is a single user laptop, but REALLY 
don't like the crap I can do to myself accidentlly ("don't take the 
name root in vain").

When I login as root, I get the sounds as expected. When I login as 
normal user, and open the volume control applet, it complains that a 
device is missing.

Obviously a simple, subtle, thing is hosing me here.

Thanks in advance for letting me know what the err in my ways is.

Tom L