On 04/18/2007 08:10 AM, Greg Folkert wrote: > On Wed, 2007-04-18 at 07:28 -0400, Michael S. Peek wrote: >> Florian Kulzer wrote: >>> On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 16:47:11 -0400, Michael S Peek wrote: >>> >>>> Hello all, >>>> >>>> I have a machine. One user logs in (using gnome) and has sound. The >>>> second user logs in (also using gnome) and does not. When the second user >>>> double-clicks on the volume applet he gets the following error: >>>> >>>> The volume control did not find any elements and/or devices to control. >>>> This means that either you don't have the right GStreamer plugins >>>> installed, or that you don't have a sound card configured. You can remove >>>> the volume control from the panel by right-clicking the speaker icon on >>>> the >>>> panel and selecting "Remove from panel" from the menu. >>>> >>>> Anyone have any advice on how to track down this problem? I figure it has >>>> to be something in the second users' environment or dot files, but I >>>> haven't a clue where to start. >>>> >>> Is the second user a member of the "audio" group? >>> >>> >> Yes. Is there anything else I can check? > > If the logout and login happens quickly, perhaps esound for the other > person is not ending soon enough. > > You might look and see if things are hanging around for the other user. > > Oh, this might be important too if you are using fast user switching in > GNOME, which just opens a new X on the next VT.
I had this no-sound problem (sans the error message) on a sarge system that was never solved. As Greg suggests, check what processes the user left running (ps -ef |grep username) and see if esound is locked to another user (ps -ef |grep esd , then iirc, check the sockets in /tmp for username). Good luck, Ralph -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
