Pulseaudio error message -
stan
gryt2 at q.com
Thu Nov 26 01:09:17 UTC 2009
On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:10:04 -0500
Bob Goodwin <bobgoodwin at wildblue.net> wrote:
>
> I don't have much need for sound but it usually works.
>
> This is a new F-12 install from the livecd and it acts like the
> audio level is turned down somewhere although I haven't been able
> to find it. I think I can hear some very faint sounds at times?.
>
> One symptom is:[bobg at box6 ~]$
> aplay /usr/share/sounds/purple/alert.wav
>
> Home directory /home/bobg not ours.
> ALSA lib pulse.c:229:(pulse_connect) PulseAudio: Unable to
> connect: Connection refused
>
> aplay: main:608: audio open error: Connection refused
>
> When I try pavucontrol I get an error message:
>
> "Connection failed: Connection refused"
>
>
> I don't know what this is telling me, I know that I have changed
> anything related to sound. It worked with no problem in F-11
>
> Any suggestions appreciated.
>
> Bob
>
Sure sounds like a permission problem. It is acting like you are a
different user than pulse was started with. What happens if you set up
a new user and try from there?
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