On Wed, 2008-02-20 at 06:20 -0600, John Thompson wrote: > On 2008-02-20, sean darcy <seandarcy2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Nguy?n V?n Tho?i wrote: > >> I've upgraded my system from FC4 to FC8 and got no sound. > >> In FC4, the sound system worked just perfectly. However, in FC8, it > >> doesn't work anymore. > >> The funny thing is that when I launch the "Soundcard Detection" program, > >> it works (?!) > >> Has anyone faced this problem before? > >> Please help :) > > > I actually gave up after 6 weeks messing around. f8 doesn't seem to like > > sound. > > Have you checked your mixer settings? > > -- > > John (john@xxxxxxxxxxx) > This is probably the permissions problem with your sound devices, e.g., /dev/dsp, /dev/snd/*. You run "Soundcard Detection" as root, so it works. You need to modify the permissions set in one of the files in /etc/udev/rules.d. -- Mark C. Allman, PMP -- Allman Professional Consulting, Inc. -- www.allmanpc.com, 617-947-4263 BusinessMsg -- the secure, managed, J2EE/AJAX Enterprise IM/IC solution
