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Re: Audio - Dummy Output, except for root

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On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 9:58 AM, Kent West <westk@acu.edu> wrote:

> I recently dist-upgraded my Buster/Sid box, and lost:
>


>  - audio as a normal user.
>
> ... have no audio when I log into X as a normal user (or at least as my
> normal user; now that I think about it, I'll try as a different normal user
> as soon as I get this email sent off).
>


I tried a different user, and that user also has no audio.



> In both X11/Cinnamon and X11/Plasma Desktop, the audio button on the panel
> shows "Dummy Output" as the audio device when I log into X as my normal
> user. I added my user to the "audio" group and logged out/in and tried
> again; no change.
>
> I then Ctrl-Alt-F1'd to TT1, logged in as root, "systemctl stop sddm", and
> "startx &" as root, and the DM was a simpler DM (maybe XFCE? maybe LXDE? it
> wasn't obvious, at least to me)
>

It was XFCE.



> So audio works for root, but not for my normal user (even after being
> added to the "audio" group).
>


-- 
Kent West                    <")))><
Westing Peacefully - http://kentwest.blogspot.com

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Audio - Dummy Output, except for root Kent West <westk@acu.edu> - 2018-06-25 17:00 +0200
  Re: Audio - Dummy Output, except for root Kent West <westk@acu.edu> - 2018-06-25 17:10 +0200
  Re: Audio - Dummy Output, except for root Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-06-25 18:00 +0200
    Re: Audio - Dummy Output, except for root Kent West <westk@acu.edu> - 2018-06-25 20:00 +0200
      Re: Audio - Dummy Output, except for root Kent West <westk@acu.edu> - 2018-06-25 21:40 +0200
        Re: Audio - Dummy Output, except for root Kent West <westk@acu.edu> - 2018-06-25 22:50 +0200
          Re: Audio - Dummy Output, except for root Kent West <westk@acu.edu> - 2018-06-25 23:10 +0200
            Re: Audio - Dummy Output, except for root Kent West <westk@acu.edu> - 2018-06-25 23:20 +0200
              Re: Audio - Dummy Output, except for root Kent West <westk@acu.edu> - 2018-06-26 00:00 +0200
                Re: Audio - Dummy Output, except for root Kent West <westk@acu.edu> - 2018-06-26 00:40 +0200
              Re: Audio - Dummy Output, except for root deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2018-06-26 00:40 +0200

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