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Re: [SLE] volume control doesn't work
  • From: Anders Johansson <andjoh@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 21:33:58 +0100
  • Message-id: <200411212133.58623.andjoh@xxxxxxxxxx>
On Sunday 21 November 2004 20:51, Tim Hanson wrote:
> I have set up my sound card (actually, on the motherboard) with Yast.
> The arrangement has worked in the past on the same hardware without
> problems. After installing 9.2, whenever I try to use the volume
> control, I get the message:
>
> "Sorry, no mixer elements and/or devices found"
>
> Sound works normally, except I must go into yast|hardware|sound to
> adjust the volume.
>
> What's missing?

Look at the ownership and permissions in /dev/snd/

try chmod 666 /dev/snd/*

How are you starting X? Are you logging in graphically, or are you booting to
text mode and running "startx"?

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