On Wed, 2013-11-20 at 19:12 +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > After installing pulse audio, would I need to reboot (or restart X)? I don't think so, but rebooting can't harm when running into an issue. JFTR if the user is a new member in the group audio (or any other group) you need to log out and in. Perhaps you have forgotten to do this? $ id?