alsa sound problems [fixed]

t0nedef · n00b Joined: 08 May 2006 Posts: 14

Ok, after much trial and error, i've gotten the sound to work in my system, but, here's where the problems are

volume goes back to zero - *not really worried about this one, more of an annoyance*
can only play sound as root - *this is important, although i have no problem suing into root, i can't give all my users su priv's, and i sure don't want to put a suid wrapper around my apps as thats a security hole and a half*

my sound card is a SiS SI7012 using the Realtek ALC203 chipset rev 0

if anyone knows a solution to my problem, please let me know. if i find the answer on my own, i'll let you all know

yabbadabbadont · Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 11:49 pm Post subject:

If it works for root, but not your user, then it most likely is a permissions issue. Make sure that your user is a member of the audio group. Use "id username" to see group memberships and "gpasswd -a user audio" to add a user to the audio group. Changes to group membership won't take effect until that user logs out and back in.
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t0nedef · n00b Joined: 08 May 2006 Posts: 14

thanks, i'll give it a shot as soon as i finish emerging, i think thats prolly what i forgot.

yep that was it, thanks for the tip, i feel like sucha n00b now, oh well