Quoting Callum Lerwick <seg at haxxed.com>:

> What, you mean like pam_console? See, this is why I like RedHat for the
> desktop, it comes with pam_console set up to give access to /dev/dsp
> /dev/cdrom and such to anyone logged in on console. RedHat Just Works
> out of the box for desktop use. Debian... doesn't.
> 
> Check out /etc/security/console.perms
 
Aha!  I bet that's why when I hit ctrl-alt-F8 and login as another user and then
hit ctrl-alt-F7 to get back to my own console my sound stops working.

Brady

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