Comments on: Upgraded to Lenny – How to fix broken sound http://nancyfusco.com/wp/index.php/2009/02/upgraded-to-lenny-how-to-fix-broken-sound/ Sat, 07 Apr 2012 05:36:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: dahweeds http://nancyfusco.com/wp/index.php/2009/02/upgraded-to-lenny-how-to-fix-broken-sound/comment-page-1/#comment-82 dahweeds Wed, 19 May 2010 22:43:23 +0000 http://nancyfusco.com/wp/?p=240#comment-82 I had a bad time with this situation. I tried many posts and install and updates. After a few months I found this post and thought I had the answer. But it did not work. The funny thing on my lenny with out sound was that alsaconf always played the chimes, but the sound card would not work. I found the problem after reading a post about a similar problem with a different distribution. Oh, Justing, why didn't you paste the steps? The answer: "Ok, this error pops up on practically every forum for every distro I have used. One of the main causes is that the user isn't added to the audio group. So try to add yourself to the group "audio" as root:" su gpasswd -a USERNAME audio Wow, after that I logged out and logged in, and there the box was chiming and playing music again. Woo Hoo! Thanks for the post anyway, it charged me up to hunt again for another hour to find the cure. I had a bad time with this situation. I tried many posts and install and updates. After a few months I found this post and thought I had the answer. But it did not work.

The funny thing on my lenny with out sound was that alsaconf always played the chimes, but the sound card would not work. I found the problem after reading a post about a similar problem with a different distribution.

Oh, Justing, why didn’t you paste the steps?

The answer:
“Ok, this error pops up on practically every forum for every distro I have used.
One of the main causes is that the user isn’t added to the audio group.
So try to add yourself to the group “audio” as root:”

su
gpasswd -a USERNAME audio

Wow, after that I logged out and logged in, and there the box was chiming and playing music again.

Woo Hoo!

Thanks for the post anyway, it charged me up to hunt again for another hour to find the cure.

]]> By: justin http://nancyfusco.com/wp/index.php/2009/02/upgraded-to-lenny-how-to-fix-broken-sound/comment-page-1/#comment-33 justin Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:51:51 +0000 http://nancyfusco.com/wp/?p=240#comment-33 sorry, i meant audio group not sound. sorry, i meant audio group not sound.

]]> By: justin http://nancyfusco.com/wp/index.php/2009/02/upgraded-to-lenny-how-to-fix-broken-sound/comment-page-1/#comment-32 justin Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:51:29 +0000 http://nancyfusco.com/wp/?p=240#comment-32 one thing i found was that i wasn't in the sound group... not sure how that happened. one thing i found was that i wasn’t in the sound group… not sure how that happened.

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