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*** 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
That's fine
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
Easiest is to use yast and uninstall pulseaudio itself (it will try to drop many dependencies... check if nothing 'vital' for you disappears.. normally you should be able to accept it).
Doing that, and reconfiguring to use OSS sound has worked. ALSA quit working after I took pulse out, but the OSS stuff seems to be working just fine in all the uses I have for it so far, so I'm a happy bunny. Many thanks for your help! Cheers, Simon -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org