FC10 - no sound

[Susan Macchia]

Lonni J Friedman wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 1:34 PM, Susan Macchia <linux-sxs at sbmgarden.com> wrote:
>> Hi there,
>>
>> I just switched from FC6 to FC10.  I've gotten mostly everything to
>> work.  But not sound.  It has this new pulseaudio thing that I'm having
>> trouble figuring out.  Sound worked fine under FC6.  I've googled and
>> googled and can't seem to find anything to help me figure out the mess.
> 
> PulesAudio is another one of those things that Fedroa decided to add
> that is a complete POS.  Its the solution for a problem that doesn't
> exist.
No kidding - I totally agree.  ALSA was absolutely fine.  Sheesh. I 
think Ubuntu has made the same grievous mistake!
> 
> Have you tried running alsamixer to see if you can adjust the volume?
When I try to run alsamixer as myself or root I get:
ALSA lib pulse.c:266:(pulse_connect) PulseAudio: Unable to connect: 
Connection refused

alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: Connection refused


Aint that great?
> 
> Where exactly is sound not working?  Is this problem present for all
> users (including root)?

It seems to be - but I'll double check.  I'm logged in right now as me.

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