12.04 new install

[Verde Denim]

On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 5:06 PM, Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 05/05/2012 04:10 PM, Verde Denim wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 3:19 PM, Hans Muecke
>> <ubuntu-ml01@**filderstadtweather.eu <ubuntu-ml01 at filderstadtweather.eu>
>> <mailto:ubuntu-ml01@**filderstadtweather.eu<ubuntu-ml01 at filderstadtweather.eu>>>
>> wrote:
>>
>>    Am 05.05.2012 13:22, schrieb Verde Denim:
>>     > I have everything running on this system the way I can be happy with
>>     > it, except the sound. I've been searching through lots of links of
>>     > people who have the same problem, but not much in the way of
>>     > solutions. Anyone here gotten past the silence with 12.04? alsa
>>     > testing (speaker-test) seems to work, but players, etc - no joy.
>>     > Any input is appreciated...
>>     >
>>     >
>>
>>    Just thinking (since I had the same trouble after upgrading) ... are
>> you
>>    a member of the audio group?
>>
>>
>> looks like I'm about to be... I can't seem to find a satisfactory
>> solution and have seen two recommendations to join that group since this
>> problem will get addressed at some point and I'm willing to help in
>> whatever way I can...
>>
>
>
> Whoops! He meant is your user in the audio group in /etc/group
> ??
> That is the easy way to check: more /etc/group and see if your user is a
> member of the group named "audio"
>
> ...or crank up your personal user account editor in preferences and do
> that with a gui. I don't know the name of that KDE application but I'm sure
> you can easily find it. You user should also be a member of the group
> "cdrom" as well, if you want to use your cdrom or dvd. Ric
>
> Does this solve the issue for the lack of sound? If it does, I'm going to
feel mighty n00bish!

>
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