Re: No sound after update (pulseaudio problem?)

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Tuesday, May 13, 2008, 11:18:52 PM, you wrote:

> Hello All,

> I'm lost here and I kindy ask for your assistance.
> I just made a 'yum update' to update my mythbackend running Fedora 8.
> Previously this used to work fine for me, but this time it left me
> with no sound in many applications. Whenever I try to play a file with
> mplayer, it says: 

> ==========================================================================
> Opening audio decoder: [mp3lib] MPEG layer-2, layer-3
> AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 128.0 kbit/8.33% (ratio: 16000->192000)
> Selected audio codec: [mp3] afm: mp3lib (mp3lib MPEG layer-2, layer-3)
> ==========================================================================
> *** PULSEAUDIO: Unable to connect: Connection refused
> [AO_ALSA] Playback open error: Connection refused
> audio_out: alsa9 and alsa1x modules were removed, use -ao alsa instead.


> and if I use '-ao alsa' it starts the playback with no sound at all.

> I also noticed my "PulseAudio Volume Control" does not work as well
> ("Connection failed. Connection refused"). It used to work fine before
> the update...


> With the update I changed from kernel-2.6.23.15-137.fc8 to
> kernel-2.6.24.5-85.fc8. I assume it might be important, although I'm
> not sure.


> I tried searching the Net but I couldn't find a similar issue.
> The strange thing is that I just updated another machine the same way
> and it has no problems with sound. It just works there as usual!

> I don't know how to trace the problem. I didn't find anything in
> /var/log/messages or in dmesg. Are there any specific pulseaudio log
> files?
> Here's some data I could think of:

> # aplay -L
> front:CARD=ICH6,DEV=0
>     Intel ICH6, Intel ICH6
>     Front speakers
> surround40:CARD=ICH6,DEV=0
>     Intel ICH6, Intel ICH6
>     4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
> surround41:CARD=ICH6,DEV=0
>     Intel ICH6, Intel ICH6
>     4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
> surround50:CARD=ICH6,DEV=0
>     Intel ICH6, Intel ICH6
>     5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
> surround51:CARD=ICH6,DEV=0
>     Intel ICH6, Intel ICH6
>     5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
> null
>     Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
> # aplay -l
> **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
> card 0: ICH6 [Intel ICH6], device 0: Intel ICH [Intel ICH6]
>   Subdevices: 1/1
>   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> card 0: ICH6 [Intel ICH6], device 4: Intel ICH - IEC958 [Intel ICH6 - IEC958]
>   Subdevices: 1/1
>   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> # uname -a
> Linux mythbackend 2.6.24.5-85.fc8 #1 SMP Sat Apr 19 12:39:34 EDT 2008 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux


> I appreciate any ideas!

> -- 
> Best regards,
>  Andrew

Now I can answer to myself. It might be an improper way, but

yum remove alsa-plugins-pulseaudio

fixed the problem for me. Now I have sound in all applications.

-- 
Best regards,
 Andrew

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