On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:10:04 -0500 Bob Goodwin bobgoodwin@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@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?