[ferret@optonline.net: Can't get sound to work!]

[Marcial Zamora III <chic0@msdelta.com>]

----- Forwarded message from "Rev. Ferret" <ferret@optonline.net> -----

Hi, I'm having problems getting my sound blaster 16 working.  I used
modconf to select the sb module, which in turn selected a bunch of the
oss modules.  After doing this, I can play audio cd's, but whenever I
try to run gmix it tells me that I do not have a mixer installed or my
kernel doesn't support sound.  When I run XMMS, it tells me my kernel
either doesn't support sound or my card is not configured correctly.  I
figured my kernel supports sound because I can load sound modules and
play audio cd's, so something else must be wrong.  What else do I have
to do to get sound to work under debian?

----- End forwarded message -----

I had the same problem, and you can do one of 2 things.. you can add yourself as a user to the audio group, or just chmod all the /dev/mixer devices to where they are world usable.. man chmod  =)