On 9/10/06, Andrew Schulman <andrex@alumni.utexas.net> wrote:
> The sound has stopped working for regular, non-root users on my > installation of Debian Etch (on a Dell PC with integrated Intel audio > chipset). > > Sound still works for root (or using sudo), but when I try to run an > audio program as an ordinary user (eg mplayer, alsamixer), I get an > error saying, "No such device" or similar. All users are members of the > "audio" group. ls -l /dev/dsp /dev/audio to check that both of those devices belong to the 'audio' group.
The problem appears to be resolved now. Deleting one user appeared to have removed all other users from the audio group for some reason. Adding the users back in didn't make the sound work again immediately, but then I happened to reboot and the sound had come back again. Just one of those things I guess...