Re: only Root can play sound in GNOME
You might need to change ALL the audio group files in /dev to 777 to get it to work outside of root.
I just had to do that on a thinkpad A30 to get sound to work for users (and installed the
correct drivers).
> Hi all,
>
> I just installed Debian sarge with X and the following problem occurs: When
> I log in in Gnome as a regular user my speakers are making noise like a
> factorymachine (alternating silence and 'tshhh') and I can't play
> audiofiles.
> While logged in as Root, or logged in in KDE as regular user there's no
> problem.
>
> I already checked that I am in the 'audio' group, and changed permissions of
> /dev/mixer* and /dev/dsp* to 777 (just to make sure... i know it's nasty)
>
> Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong?
>
> Thanks,
> Joris
>
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