sound in root

[Jerry W. Whitmire]

Hi i have a problem as root and my sound system it is
vendor intel
model corporation 8280/fb/fbm/fw/frw/ich6 familf ac 97 audio controller
module intel 8x0.
the problem is it does not work as root but if i run as user it works just fine .when i boot to root it says sound server will use the null output device .
device default cant open for playback invalid argument.
can i get some help with this THANKS for any help!!! 

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