[Alsa-user] MSI kt3 ultra-aru, differences logged on as different users

[Dr. D. W. <da...@ch...>]

Dear all,

another problem.........
As i have said before , with this new mother board with ALS650 chip 
and alsa 0.9 rec2,
logged on as root, xmms seems to play mp3s and wav etc, but no sound 
comes out of the speaker,
but logged in next as a normal user without reboot inbetween, trying 
to play a file in xmms gives an error dialog box:

couldn't open audio
please check that
1 you have the correct out put pluging slected  (I do, it is esound)
2 no other prog is blocking soundcard               (how do I 
check???????)
3 your sound card is configure properly             (should be same 
as for root, as I was logged in a minute ago , without restarting)

the cd player gives sound and gnome panel applet volume control works.

why does it matter who i am logged on as??????????

cheers

Dan