Audio as user not working

[Antonio Montagnani]

Andy Pieters wrote:

>>I can get sound if I log as root, nothin as standar user.
>>If I try to open the Audio Control I get the following error:
>>no element and/or device of mixer device was found (I can't move the
>>slider of the volume)
>>
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>
>Hi
>
>Normally, when you start X and login, the system should chown the mixer 
>devices for you.  For some reason it doesn't.
>
>A workaround is to log on as root, then type the following instructions:
>
>cd /dev
>chown user:user -R audio mixer snd adsp amidi dmmidi dsp midi 
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>And then login as the user.
>
>Replace user with your username
>
>HTH
>
>Andy
>  
>
tnx, but this is a workaround not the solution.

Why the system is not properly chowning audio files???

Antonio