[K12OSN] No Volume Control Elements and/or devices found

[Jesse McDonnell]

On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 13:01:53 -0500
Mark Cockrell <cockrell at honeygroveisd.net> wrote:

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> >Mark,
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> >Check your permissions on /dev/dsp and /dev/mixer. If your user doesn't have rw permission you will get permission denied.
> >As root, chmod u+rw /dev/dsp /dev/mixer will get the permissions correct and should get rid of the error message.
> >
> >Jesse McDonnell
> >
> >PS: I have found that, at least for Realplayer, even when permissions are correct, I *still* have to first run Realplayer once as root before it will work for users.
> >
> 
> Well, that made the error message go away, but I still have no sound on 
> a terminal that worked perfectly with 4.2.  No sound with Flash, no 
> sound with QuickTime, no sound with TuxType.  Nuthin.  Any other ideas?
> 
Mark,

Did you try logging in on a terminal and running a sound app as root?  Other than that I'm out of ideas. Keep us posted.

Jesse