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Re: [OCLUG-Tech] No volume control

On 12/20/05, Normand Fisher <fishern [ at ] ncf [ dot ] ca> wrote:
> Thanks Jim,
> see below...
>
> Here's what shows related to sound:
> snd_emu10k1           119620  0
> snd_rawmidi            24896  1 snd_emu10k1
> snd_seq_device          8684  2 snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi
> snd_ac97_codec         83960  1 snd_emu10k1
> snd_pcm                93416  2 snd_emu10k1,snd_ac97_codec
> snd_timer              24644  2 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm
> snd_page_alloc          9860  2 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm
> snd_util_mem            4512  1 snd_emu10k1
> snd_hwdep               9120  1 snd_emu10k1
> snd                    56260  7
> --

Normand,
  This may be a permission issue. Debian installations (via a system
called udev) control access to devices via groups.  You can read more
about it by looking at the docs in /usr/share/doc/udev/.  You can see
the permission groups by reading
/etc/udev/permissions.d/udev.permissions.  In a terminal (as the
desktop user, not root), list the groups the user belongs to with the
'groups' command.  If 'audio' does not appear in the list, try (as
root) 'addgroup <username> audio', replacing <username> with your
login name.  This might make to sound function (you can test this by
opening a new terminal and running the aumix command).  You may have
to logout of the desktop before the changes take effect.

Don Kelly/

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