Re: Sound and No Sound

[Michael S Peek <peek@tiem.utk.edu>]

Michael S Peek wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I have a machine.  One user logs in (using gnome) and has sound.  The 
> second user logs in (also using gnome) and does not.  When the second 
> user double-clicks on the volume applet he gets the following error:
>
> The volume control did not find any elements and/or devices to 
> control.  This means that either you don't have the right GStreamer 
> plugins installed, or that you don't have a sound card configured.  
> You can remove the volume control from the panel by right-clicking the 
> speaker icon on the panel and selecting "Remove from panel" from the 
> menu.
>
> Anyone have any advice on how to track down this problem?  I figure it 
> has to be something in the second users' environment or dot files, but 
> I haven't a clue where to start.
>
> Thanks for your help,
>
> Michael

Oh yeah, and:
- both users are in the audio group
- permissions on /dev/dsp are crw-rw----, and owned by root:audio
- contents of .xession-errors for second user contain the following:
 /dev/dsp: Permission denied
 *** (gnome-session:4512): WARNING **: Esound failed to start.

I don't know why esound would fail to start if both users are in the 
audio group.

Michael