ALSA sound on 2.4.20 kernel

[downtime null <downtime@downtimenull.com>]

First, let me explain why I'm running such an old kernel. This is the most 
recent one that allows ACPI to start even when it doesn't find the proper 
table entry. And I need ACPI on my laptop.

That said, I'm now trying to get ALSA sound working. Everything looks fine, 
but I get a permissions error when trying to access sound as a user. Using 
root to start the same things (such as kmix) seems to work fine. What 
permissions do I need to change to allow a user to use the sound?

This may also help with my only being able to start games in cedega as root.

Thanks.