something not right with sound

[Louis E Garcia II]

On Sun, 2007-10-28 at 22:58:54 +0100, Lennart Poettering wrote:
> On Sun, 2007-10-28 at 17:41 -0400, Louis E Garcia II wrote:
> > This is rawhide as of 10/28
> 
> > $ alsamixer
> > *** PULSEAUDIO: Unable to connect: Connection refused
> > 
> > alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: Connection refused
> Due to some reason PulseAudio seems not to be running. Please make
> sure that the "Enable ESD sound daemon" check box in
> gnome-sound-properties is enabled. If PA fails to start or crashes,
> please provide me with an output of "pulseaudio -vv".
> 
> Also, please file reports like this on bz instead of the ML.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Lennart

'Enable software sound mixing (ESD)' is checked 

$ pulseaudio -vv
E: main.c: Failed to create '/tmp/pulse-louisg00': Operation not permitted