I think this was simply an issue with me not having the proper users attached to the pulse-access group. This is working for me now. Jim "Jim Duda" <jim at duda.tzo.com> wrote in message news:fshej8$ktc$1 at ger.gmane.org... > I've recently upgraded from 0.9.6 to 0.9.8. I used to be able to use > pactl -s <server> list, or pactl list, to see the status of the server. > > Now, with 0.9.8, pactl just sits there, and eventually reports "timeout". > > Example: > linux# pactl list > Connection failure: Timeout > > linux# pactl --version > pactl 0.9.8 > Compiled with libpulse 0.9.8 > Linked with libpulse 0.9.8 > > Which module does pactl attach to? Is auth-anonymous=1 sufficient? > > The server default.pa has: > > load-module module-hal-detect > load-module module-native-protocol-unix auth-anonymous=1 > load-module module-cli-protocol-tcp > load-module module-native-protocol-tcp auth-anonymous=1 > load-module module-http-protocol-tcp > load-module module-zeroconf-publish > load-module module-null-sink sink_name=sphinx_record description="Sphinx > Recording Source" > load-module module-null-sink sink_name=sphinx_playback > description="Sphinx Playback Source" > load-module module-combine sink_name=misterhouse > resample_method="src-sinc-best-quality" > master=alsa_output.pci_1274_5880_alsa_playback_0 > slaves=alsa_output.pci_8086_24d5_alsa_playback_0 > load-module module-volume-restore > load-module module-rescue-streams > > Jim