Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (507 mails)

[Sid Boyce <sboyce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Scott Reeves wrote:
> > > > On 7/10/2009 at  8:01 AM, Sid Boyce<sboyce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
> > # rpm -qa|grep pulse
> > libpulsecore4-0.9.12-9.5
>
> This old rpm on your box indicates you have done a couple of upgrades rather 
> than a clean install.
> Possibly you are in sort of a bad state. See solution below.
>
> > # pactl list
> > Connection failure: Connection refused
> > # pactl stat
> > Connection failure: Connection refused
> > # aplay /jet.wav
> > Connection refused
> > # paplay /jet.wav
> > Connection failure: Connection refused
>
> My guess is it's the same problem as above - you had an older version running 
> and newer clients connecting.
> Why are you running these commands as root though?  The daemon wont properly 
> autospawn (if needed) that way.
>
> > # cat /jet.wav>/dev/dsp   WORKS.
>
> You are directly accessing the device bypassing anything else.
>
> > Skype works
> > Audio in firefox is silent.
> > Messed with settings in paprefs, no change.
> > Running without pulseaudio ---
> > # aplay /jet.wav
> > ALSA lib pulse.c:272:(pulse_connect) PulseAudio: Unable to connect:
> > Connection refused
>
> How are you "Running without pulseaudio"?  GNOME is setup to route alsa through 
> pulse by default - ie paplay and aplay are the same route. It looks like your KDE box is 
> doing the same.
>
> > **** As user ****
> > lancelot@slipstream:~>  pulseaudio --start
> > lancelot@slipstream:~>  ps fax|grep pulse
> > 30133 pts/6    S+     0:00  |   |   \_ grep pulse
> > 30123 ?        Ssl    0:00 pulseaudio --start
> > lancelot@slipstream:~>  aplay /jet.wav
> > Playing WAVE '/jet.wav' : Unsigned 8 bit, Rate 11025 Hz, Mono
> >
> > *** No sound.
> >
> > lancelot@slipstream:~>  paplay /jet.wav
> > lancelot@slipstream:~>
> > *** No sound output.
>
> Try making sure you have a clean state
> kill any pulseaudio instance running
> rm -rf ~/.pulse*
> Does that work?

Absolutely no difference.
Regards
Sid.

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