[ale] No sound in X but sound at the console?

[James Sumners]

Okay, this one has me stumped. I can do `cat /dev/urandom > /dev/dsp`
or `alsaplay some.wav` at the console to get sound. As root or a sound
privileged user, it doesn't matter. When I start an X session, again,
as root or as a sound privileged user, I can do the same exact thing
and get no sound. To illustrate:

1) Login
2) `alsaplay test.wav` = sound
3) `xinit`
4) `alsaplay test.wave` = no sound

Notice, there wasn't a logout. Anyone have any ideas what could be
causing this? I am totally baffled.

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