On Sat, November 1, 2014 4:24 pm, Mark LaPierre wrote: > Hey Y'all, > > This morning my wife complained that she had no sound when she was > logged on to my machine. I logged on to her account and brought up > System/Preferences/Sound to see if she had inadvertently selected some > other sound output device. Hey, it happens. There was no sound > hardware detected. I have a USB microphone and an integrated on board > sound card. Neither of these sound devices were available on the > Hardware, Input, or Output tabs. > > I have access to all these devices when I log on as myself. > > This system has been running smoothly since I installed CentOS 6.1 all > those many years ago when that was the current point release. Now that > 6.6 is out I'm seeing issues with video, fixed already, sound, not fixed > already, and my web cam which I have yet to ask for help with. I'm not > saying this sound problem has anything to do with 6.6. > > Does anyone have any idea where I can start looking to figure out what's > going on with my wife's sound hardware detection? > First thing I would check is that other users are not logged in when user in question logs in. (It may be that only one of users at a time can access some of the devices - I'm on the road so have no way to check...) Valeri ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++