12.04 new install

[Ric Moore]

On 05/05/2012 05:33 PM, Mika Suomalainen wrote:
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> 06.05.2012 00:06, Ric Moore kirjoitti:
>> On 05/05/2012 04:10 PM, Verde Denim wrote:
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>>> On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 3:19 PM, Hans Muecke
>>> <ubuntu-ml01 at filderstadtweather.eu
>>> <mailto:ubuntu-ml01 at filderstadtweather.eu>>  wrote:
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>>> 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
>>
>>
>>
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> Ric, there is easier way to check which groups you are in. Just open
> terminal and run "groups". It tells you list of all groups where you
> are in, like this:
>> % groups mkaysi adm mail cdrom floppy sudo audio dip video plugdev
>> lpadmin
> Devgan debian-tor

Thanks! I forgot that. :) Ric

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