[arch-general] No user sound - only root has access alsamixer on virtualbox?

[David C. Rankin]

Guys,

  I've run into a problem with sound on a new archlinux guest install on
virtualbox (v4.36). Only root can see/access the sound system. From the asla
page, I've tried 'alsactl init' and I've also tried adding user to the audio
group as mentioned in old forum pages, but still only root sees sound. The guest
is a fully updated Arch install (with updates through today) Here are the details:

As user:

19:46 valhalla:~> alsamixer
cannot open mixer: No such file or directory

19:51 valhalla:~> cat /proc/asound/cards
 0 [I82801AAICH    ]: ICH - Intel 82801AA-ICH
                      Intel 82801AA-ICH with STAC9700,83,84 at irq 11

19:53 valhalla:~> lsmod | grep snd
snd_intel8x0           23757  0
snd_ac97_codec         89404  1 snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus                 878  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm                63880  2 snd_ac97_codec,snd_intel8x0
snd_page_alloc          5978  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
snd_timer              14946  1 snd_pcm
snd                    44598  4 snd_ac97_codec,snd_intel8x0,snd_timer,snd_pcm
soundcore               4386  1 snd

20:00 valhalla:~> aplay -l
aplay: device_list:268: no soundcards found...

20:00 valhalla:~> aplay -L
null
    Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
pulse
    PulseAudio Sound Server
default
    Default ALSA Output (currently PulseAudio Sound Server)

As root:

[20:01 valhalla:/home/david] # alsamixer  (works fine)
No protocol specified
xcb_connection_has_error() returned true

[20:02 valhalla:/home/david] # aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: I82801AAICH [Intel 82801AA-ICH], device 0: Intel ICH [Intel 82801AA-ICH]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

[20:02 valhalla:/home/david] # aplay -L
null
    Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
pulse
    PulseAudio Sound Server
default
    Default ALSA Output (currently PulseAudio Sound Server)
sysdefault:CARD=I82801AAICH
    Intel 82801AA-ICH, Intel 82801AA-ICH
    Default Audio Device
front:CARD=I82801AAICH,DEV=0
    Intel 82801AA-ICH, Intel 82801AA-ICH
    Front speakers
surround40:CARD=I82801AAICH,DEV=0
    Intel 82801AA-ICH, Intel 82801AA-ICH
    4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=I82801AAICH,DEV=0
    Intel 82801AA-ICH, Intel 82801AA-ICH
    4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=I82801AAICH,DEV=0
    Intel 82801AA-ICH, Intel 82801AA-ICH
    5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=I82801AAICH,DEV=0
    Intel 82801AA-ICH, Intel 82801AA-ICH
    5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
iec958:CARD=I82801AAICH,DEV=0
    Intel 82801AA-ICH, Intel 82801AA-ICH
    IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output

  I have since removed the user from audio group since it didn't help. I cannot
find a solution. Any thoughts?

-- 
David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.