Try checking to make sure that your user account is part of the 'audio'
group.  If it isn't, you will not be able to use sound as a user (although
it will work perfectly fine as 'root').  It's yet another 'security' feature.

Michael

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Michael Viron
Registered Linux User #81978
Senior Systems & Administration Consultant
Web Spinners, University of West Florida

At 05:13 PM 10/31/2001 -0800, you wrote:
>Two possibilities.  Usually if something works as
>root, but not a user, then it's a permissions problem.
> However, another thought - mixer and volume settings
>are set for each user (root is a user too!), so you
>might find that it's simply that the sound IS working,
>but just defaulted too low for your user. 
>
>HTH,
>Ron.
>
>--- ZekeVarg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Hi I just made a fresh install of Mandrake 8.1 and
>> everything went fine 
>> exept for logging in as a user the sound doesn't
>> work (gnome), it works 
>> logged in as root.
>> Zeke
>> 
>> 
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