On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 11:40:15AM +0000, Chris G wrote: > I usually use run level 3, i.e. I do a console login and then run > startx from the command line. > > Having just moved from Fedora 7 to Fedora 8 my sound no longer works > when I use run level 3 as above. However if I switch my system to run > level 5 so I do a graphical gdm login the sound works. > > In run level 3 the sound doesn't work because of permissions, if I > manually set the permissions on the devices in /dev/snd to 0666 then > sound works in run level 3. However when in run level 5 the sound > works with the permissions on /dev/snd devices at the default 0660. > > I've compared the output of "ps -ef" for the two run levels and I > can't see any significant differences. > > Can anyone else explain what the issue might be? > Typical! Almost immediately after I sent the above message I have come across what is almost certainly the cause - see "Bugzilla Bug 384271: Hal does occasionally not restore ACLs". -- Chris Green
