My gnome session wont start, howto troubleshoot

[Stephen Moore]

seems to be sound related.
My .xsession-errors contains

audio_alsa: no cards found!
audio_alsa: no cards found!
audio_alsa: no cards found!
audio_alsa: no cards found!
audio_alsa: no cards found!
audio_alsa: no cards found!

Sound works as root, any ideas - weird how this used to work

Stephen Moore wrote:

> Last time i booted I had to log into root before i could log into my 
> account.
>
> This time i simply can't log into my gnome account (using kde now)
>
> The splash screen comes up but nothing else. I think the window 
> manager icon should flash in the splash screen, but doesnt.
>
> How to trouble shoot?
>
>    * I can log in as root with a gnome session
>    * I can log into my account with gdm
>
> Cheers
>
> PS How do you configure fonts in kde???
>