On Wed, 2007-04-18 at 07:28 -0400, Michael S. Peek wrote: > Florian Kulzer wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 16:47:11 -0400, 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. > >> > > > > Is the second user a member of the "audio" group? > > > > > > Yes. Is there anything else I can check? If the logout and login happens quickly, perhaps esound for the other person is not ending soon enough. You might look and see if things are hanging around for the other user. Oh, this might be important too if you are using fast user switching in GNOME, which just opens a new X on the next VT. -- greg, greg@gregfolkert.net Novell's Directory Services is a competitive product to Microsoft's Active Directory in much the same way that the Saturn V is a competitive product to those dinky little model rockets that kids light off down at the playfield. -- Thane Walkup
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