more sound and other misc.

[Harry Putnam]

Cam Desautels <cam at apt2324.com> writes:

> Well, give some symptoms and maybe someone can sort it out. When you say 
> that it doesn't work, do you get an error?  Does sound simply not come out?
>
> Is your alsamixer muted? That is a common one.  Does the user in 
> question have permission to write to the sound device?

Does typing `aumix' into an xterm show your volume at zero?