sound and no sound

Hello all, I have a machine. One user logs in (using gnome) and has sound. The second user logs in (also using gnome) and does not. When the second user double-clicks on the volume applet he gets the following error: The volume control did not find any elements and/or devices to control. This

I had the same problem and I fixed it.

I had the same problem just barely and I fixed by going to the "users and groups" section and giving permissions to the user. It must be a bug in an update or something that wipes out the users permissions. users and groups->highlight user->"properties" and change it from there. chad -- To UN