No sound in ubuntu 10.04 under X-Windows

[ted leslie]

disable alsa and pulse, and install oss4.
that the only way i have ever been able to get sound and multiplex
channels working in linux.

check owner of /dev/<sound dev> files.

tl

On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 2:24 PM, Fabio FZero <fabio.fzero-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Disable Pulse Audio.
>
> FOREVER.
>
> - FZ
>
> On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 09:02, Paul King <sciguy-Ja3L+HSX0kI at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> Hello
>>
>> Anyone using Ubuntu 10.04? I have a problem with sound. I can hear sound
>> if I log on to a character console as root (a TTY, not an xterm), but
>> not under any X-Windows applications.
>>
>> If I log onto a TTY as myself, I can only get sound if I use sudo, as in
>>
>> _$ sudo mpg123 Mrag.mp3
>>
>> which will work. This trick does not work in X-Windows if I sudo in an
>> xterm.
>>
>> I un-muted everything under alsamixer, and still nothing, following a
>> reccomendation at the Ubuntu website for troubleshooting sound.
>>
>> It seems to be a problem affecting only my user account under X-Windows.
>> When I log off, I hear the requisite bongo drums.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> Paul
>>
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