knoppix3.6/debian sound problem's

[analogtek]

1----Got full sound logged on as root. All work's all bell's and whisles

2----as user only have sound from mp3's, t.v. ,card, cd audio, dvd play

got no system sound's,, as in no-- mouse click's
open & close frames
opening song
system warning's

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[analogtek]

Sorry need to give more info got ac97 vt82c686 ....
Found a small tip on web to check the text type file at /ect/group have user at all sound related entrey's....

[Vergil83]

I know this is a stupid question, but do you have "user" as using all the sounds

[analogtek]

the list below is what is in the /ect/group user name is mike the properties box list ownership as user: root group: root Should I change somrthing? I know how to get into the root... is there a other file that is protected/hidden and will need to edit from root?




root:0:
daemon:1:
bin:2:
sys:3:
adm:4:
tty:5:
disk:6:backup
lp:7:lp
mail:8:
news:9:
uucp:10:
proxy:13:
kmem:15:
dialout:20:mike
fax:21:mike
voice:22:mike
cdrom:24:mike
floppy:25:mike
tape:26:mike,backup,bacula
sudo:27:mike
audio:29:mike
dip:30:mike
majordom:31:majordom
postgres:32:
www-data:33:
backup:34:
msql:36:
operator:37:
list:38:
irc:39:
src:40:
gnats:41:
shadow:42:
utmp:43:telnetd
video:44:mike
staff:50:
games:60:mike
users:100:mike
lpadmin:102:
mysql:103:
postfix:104:
postdrop:105:
usb:106:mike
mike:1000:
nogroup:65534:
partimag:107:
sasl:*:45:
telnetd:101:
man:*:12:
bind:108:
ssh:109:
sslwrap:1001:
scanner:110:
crontab:111:
messagebus:113:
arpwatch:114:arpwatch
bacula:112:

[analogtek]

Solved the sound problem....It was a KDE shell problem...did not cure it in a proper way...was look in around in home file and did a sort of accental wild card del from the command line..had not imporant stuff there..as this system is new to linux and I am a semi noob (BOOB RATHER!!)....system had a slight hick-up on a re-start and the KDE set-up box poped up..went thru the steps again but this time the sound started....after a bit of lookin and turning on the show hidden file option there it was!!!!! a bunch of text type file's...if you are brave you can configure KDE from behind it's back so to speak just look into the text file and start editing stuff
it remind's me of the old day's of windows 3.11 (sorry for swearing)..when INI files was king...