hi,

sorry to plague the forum with my problems but as far as i can tell this is the last one

last night i had sound working and this morning i can't get anything. i had sound through vlc and youtube but now nothing. to my knowledge all i've done is fiddle (unsuccessfully) with dropbox since then, but i don't see how that could affect it

i've repacked my linux-sound using the package manager and i've added my user to the 'sound' group so my /etc/group file looks like this:

root:x:0:
lp:x:10:
audio:x:20:gav
nogroup:x:99:
www:x:80:
messagebus:x:25:
cdrom:x:1:
dialout:x:2:
disk:x:3:
floppy:x:4:
kmem:x:5:
tape:x:6:
tty:x:7:
video:x:8:
haldaemon:x:26:
gav:x:1000:
sound:x:9:gav

(my username is 'gav'). i've also done a full update using the package manager

and i still have the problem. is there anythinge else i can try?