no sound for normal user in GNOME

[nautilu]

just installed my first gentoo and emerged GNOME and almost everything is fine except:

1. there's no sound for normal user. i have this error message: "No volume control elements and/or devices found"

2. when i re-login it dosen't remeber the resolution.

[Jas-Nix]

For you sound issue, does it work as root? If not you need to follow the ALSA guide at http://gentoo.org/doc/en/list.xml

In your /etc/X11/xorg.conf make sure you have the following

Adjust the Resolutions to fit your screen.
[/code]
Section "Screen"
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection

[Jas-Nix]

For the sound question, do you have sound when you are logged in as root if so you need to add your user to the audio group[/code]? Have you followed the ALSA guide on http://gentoo.org/doc/en/list.xml

For your second question you need to add the following to your /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Under the Screen Section
[/code]
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
[code]

Jas-Nix

[smadasam]

I was having the same problem when I update my kernel to 2.6.13. Root didn't have any problems, but regular users did.

I found one fourm that sugested to see who is blocking the device.

[ElSean]

Is the regular user part of the "audio" group, if not try adding them with:

[jamapii]

Maybe sound works with different programs, try mpg123 or alsaplayer for playing mp3s and wmmixer for volume control.