Hi,
I am unable to play sounds without switching to root.
For instance:
Code:
$ aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav # silent
$ sudo aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav # plays loudly

$ alsamixer
cannot open mixer: No such file or directory
$ sudo alsamixer # opens alsamixer
I added myself to the audio and pulse-access groups, but I don't see them listed when I run groups:
Code:
$ sudo adduser tamalin audio
$ sudo adduser tamalin pulse-access
$ groups
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I found another thread from two years ago here, which found that running 'rm -r ~/.pulse' temporarily resolved the problem, but that didn't work for me.