sound and no sound

[chadjensen <chadjensenster@gmail.com>]

> 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

I had the same problem just barely and I fixed by going to the "users and groups" section and giving permissions to the user. It must be a bug in an update or something that wipes out the users permissions. users and groups->highlight user->"properties" and change it from there.
chad

> The web forums force people to change subject lines and >remove context?

No, but when you push the reply button a blank screen comes up. I just figured that the reply would be attached to the thread so I didn't need to reply with the same subject line and context. Sorry I am kind of new on this forum so a little slack would be nice.
chad