Hi folks, FC3 === Gnomemeeting can work as 'root' but fails to work as 'user' I have been trying for more than 2 days without a solution. Gnomemeeting list suggested me to post my problem to this list for assistance. As 'root' Gnomemeeting can connect to 'h323.voxgratia.org' for testing and without problem. But as 'user' following warning popup Could not open audio channel for audio transmission An error occured while trying to record from the soundcard for the audio transmission. Please check that your soundcard is not busy and that your driver supports full-duplex. The audio transmission has been disabled. Furthermore I'm not allowed to change permission to following devices 1) # ls -l /dev/dsp crw------- 1 satimis root 14, 3 Jun 22 2005 /dev/dsp (Owner is 'user' and group 'root') # chmod 666 /dev/dsp # ls -l /dev/dsp crw-rw-rw- 1 satimis root 14, 3 Jun 22 2005 /dev/dsp after rebooted PC # ls -l /dev/dsp crw------- 1 satimis root 14, 3 Jun 22 2005 /dev/dsp It changed back. 2) # ls -l /dev/sound crw------- 1 root root 116, 33 Jun 22 2005 /dev/sound (Owner is 'root' and group 'root') # chmod 666 /dev/sound # ls -l /dev/sound crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 116, 33 Jun 22 2005 /dev/sound after rebooted # ls -l /dev/sound crw------- 1 root root 116, 33 Jun 22 2005 /dev/sound It changed back. 3) # ls -l /dev/snd/ (Owner is 'user' and group 'root') total 0 crw------- 1 satimis root 116, 0 Jun 21 2005 controlC0 crw------- 1 satimis root 116, 24 Jun 21 2005 pcmC0D0c crw------- 1 satimis root 116, 16 Jun 21 2005 pcmC0D0p crw------- 1 satimis root 116, 25 Jun 21 2005 pcmC0D1c crw------- 1 satimis root 116, 17 Jun 21 2005 pcmC0D1p crw------- 1 satimis root 116, 33 Jun 21 2005 timer # chmod 666 /dev/snd/* # ls -al /dev/snd/* crw-rw-rw- 1 satimis root 116, 0 Jun 21 2005 /dev/snd/controlC0 crw-rw-rw- 1 satimis root 116, 24 Jun 21 2005 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c crw-rw-rw- 1 satimis root 116, 16 Jun 21 2005 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p crw-rw-rw- 1 satimis root 116, 25 Jun 21 2005 /dev/snd/pcmC0D1c crw-rw-rw- 1 satimis root 116, 17 Jun 21 2005 /dev/snd/pcmC0D1p crw-rw-rw- 1 satimis root 116, 33 Jun 21 2005 /dev/snd/timer after rebooted PC # ls -al /dev/snd/* crw------- 1 satimis root 116, 0 Jun 23 2005 /dev/snd/controlC0 crw------- 1 satimis root 116, 24 Jun 23 2005 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c crw------- 1 satimis root 116, 16 Jun 23 2005 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p crw------- 1 satimis root 116, 25 Jun 23 2005 /dev/snd/pcmC0D1c crw------- 1 satimis root 116, 17 Jun 23 2005 /dev/snd/pcmC0D1p crw------- 1 satimis root 116, 33 Jun 23 2005 /dev/snd/timer It changed back. Please advise how to fix this problem. TIA B.R. Stephen Liu