On Tue, 2008-02-12 at 14:23 -0700, Kevin Kempter wrote: > > I got no answer to my question about sound in f8 working only as root, > > so let me ask the question a different way. > > > > This could only happen if some vital component in processing sound has > > the wrong permissions. Could any one suggest what that component could > > be? This is very frustrating. > > -- > > ======================================================================= > > To the systems programmer, users and applications serve only to provide > > a test load. > > ======================================================================= > > Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > Hi Aaron; > I've had similar issues in the past. Often it turns out to be a local user > config issue. > > Try creating a new user and see if the new user has sound. If so, (if you're > running KDE) you can sometimes get away with removing the .config directory > in the user's HOME directory (the user with no sound) and then log out & log > back in. If this doesn't help then you may have success by archiving all the > bad user's $HOME dir files, deleting this user, then re-create the user and > migrate the $HOME files as needed. > > Of course this all assumes that creating a new user results in that new user > (non-root) having access to sound. > > > > /Kevin > tried a new user. still no sound. -- ======================================================================= "Life would be much simpler and things would get done much faster if it weren't for other people" -- Blore ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
