Don Raikes wrote:
I just installed fedora core 8, and after reboot I discovered I have no sound at all. I get an error when I try: aplay /usr/share/sounds/KDE_Startup_new.wav *** PULSEAUDIO: Unable to connect: Connection refused aplay: main:546: audio open error: Connection refused After searching in google, I found a note that said I should do: pulseaudio -vv The results: I: main.c: Found user 'pulse' (UID 499) and group 'pulse' (GID 496). W: main.c: Warning: home directory of user 'pulse' is not '/var/run/pulse', ignoring. I: main.c: Successfully dropped root privileges. I: main.c: Page size is 4096 bytes I: main.c: Fresh high-resolution timers available! Bon appetit! D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules//module-hal-detect.so': success I: module-hal-detect.c: Trying capability alsa D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_alsa_timer D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_alsa_sequencer D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_2668_alsa_capture_2 D: module-hal-detect.c: Loading module-alsa-sink with arguments 'device=hw:0 sink_name=alsa_output.pci_8086_2668_alsa_playback_0' ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:1207:(_snd_pcm_hw_open) Invalid value for card E: module-alsa-sink.c: Error opening PCM device hw:0: No such device E: module.c: Failed to load module "module-alsa-sink" (argument: "device=hw:0 sink_name=alsa_output.pci_8086_2668_alsa_playback_0"): initialization failed. D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_2668_alsa_playback_0 D: module-hal-detect.c: Loading module-alsa-source with arguments 'device=hw:0 source_name=alsa_input.pci_8086_2668_alsa_capture_0' ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:1207:(_snd_pcm_hw_open) Invalid value for card E: module-alsa-source.c: Error opening PCM device hw:0: No such device E: module.c: Failed to load module "module-alsa-source" (argument: "device=hw:0 source_name=alsa_input.pci_8086_2668_alsa_capture_0"): initialization failed. D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_2668_alsa_capture_0 D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_2668_alsa_hw_specific_2 D: module-hal-detect.c: Not loaded device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_2668_alsa_control__1 I: module-hal-detect.c: Loaded 0 modules. I: module.c: Loaded "module-hal-detect" (index: #0; argument: ""). D: authkey.c: Got 0 bytes from cookie file '/var/run/pulse/.esd_auth', expected 16 I: module.c: Loaded "module-esound-protocol-unix" (index: #1; argument: ""). I: protocol-native.c: Allowing access to group 'pulse-access'. D: authkey.c: Got 0 bytes from cookie file '/var/run/pulse/.pulse-cookie', expected 256 I: protocol-native.c: loading cookie from disk. I: module.c: Loaded "module-native-protocol-unix" (index: #2; argument: ""). I: module-volume-restore.c: starting with empty ruleset. I: module.c: Loaded "module-volume-restore" (index: #3; argument: ""). I: module.c: Loaded "module-default-device-restore" (index: #4; argument: ""). I: module.c: Loaded "module-rescue-streams" (index: #5; argument: ""). I: module.c: Loaded "module-suspend-on-idle" (index: #6; argument: ""). D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9/modules//module-x11-publish.so': success D: module-x11-publish.c: using already loaded auth cookie. E: x11wrap.c: XOpenDisplay() failed E: module.c: Failed to load module "module-x11-publish" (argument: ""): initialization failed. E: main.c: Module load failed. E: main.c: failed to initialize daemon. I: module.c: Unloading "module-hal-detect" (index: #0). D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.DBus, path=/org/freedesktop/DBus, member=NameAcquired D: module-hal-detect.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.DBus.Local, path=/org/freedesktop/DBus/Local, member=Disconnected I: module.c: Unloaded "module-hal-detect" (index: #0). I: module.c: Unloading "module-esound-protocol-unix" (index: #1). I: module.c: Unloaded "module-esound-protocol-unix" (index: #1). I: module.c: Unloading "module-native-protocol-unix" (index: #2). I: module.c: Unloaded "module-native-protocol-unix" (index: #2). I: module.c: Unloading "module-volume-restore" (index: #3). I: module.c: Unloaded "module-volume-restore" (index: #3). D: core-subscribe.c: dropped redundant event. I: module.c: Unloading "module-default-device-restore" (index: #4). I: module.c: Unloaded "module-default-device-restore" (index: #4). D: core-subscribe.c: dropped redundant event. I: module.c: Unloading "module-rescue-streams" (index: #5). I: module.c: Unloaded "module-rescue-streams" (index: #5). D: core-subscribe.c: dropped redundant event. I: module.c: Unloading "module-suspend-on-idle" (index: #6). I: module.c: Unloaded "module-suspend-on-idle" (index: #6). D: core-subscribe.c: dropped redundant event. I: main.c: Daemon terminated. I did an lspci and got: 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82915G/P/GV/GL/PL/910GL Memory Controller Hub (rev 04) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82915G/P/GV/GL/PL/910GL PCI Express Root Port (rev 04) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 03) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03) 00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03) 00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 03) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 03) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 03) 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 03) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev d3) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FR (ICH6/ICH6R) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03) 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller (rev 03) 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FW (ICH6/ICH6W) SATA Controller (rev 03) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV380 0x3e50 [Radeon X600] 01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV380 [Radeon X600] (Secondary) 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8050 PCI-E ASF Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 17) 06:02.0 Communication controller: Conexant HSF 56k Data/Fax Modem 06:05.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Agere Systems FW323 (rev 61) Any suggestions on how to get audio working would be appreciated.
I used this to remove pulse audio: #yum remove alsa-plugins-pulseaudio and then my F8 audio came back fine. -- Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI Linux User #450462 http://counter.li.org.
