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[Simon Roberts <thorpflyer@xxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message ----
> From: Dominique Leuenberger <Dominique.Leuenberger@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
...
> > *** PULSEAUDIO: Unable to connect: Connection refused
> > [00000481] oss audio output error: cannot open audio device
> (/dev/dsp)
> > [00000481] pulse audio output error: Failed to connect to server:
> Connection 
> > refused
> > [00000481] pulse audio output error: Pulse initialization failed
... 
> I assume you have vlc 0.9.6 or 0.9.7, right?
> You have the vlc-aout-pulse package installed?

I see:

$ rpm -q vlc-aout-pulse
vlc-aout-pulse-0.9.6-2.6
$ rpm -q vlc
vlc-0.9.6-2.6

> If so, on OSS 11.0 I 'sometimes' had the issue with pulse audio in
> gerenal ( it got much better in 11.1).

Hmmm, so maybe I start this all again in 18 days?

> So the solution 'might' be for you to simply uninstall all pulse audio
> related packages and 'switch' pack to plain ol' ALSA.

What do I need to do to achieve that? Do I simply do rpm --erase 
vlc-aout-pulse-0.9.6-2.6

Or is there more to it than that?

> Hope this brings you on the right track,
>
> Dominique

Many thanks!
Simon


      
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