> I guess you just ran "pulseaudio" in a terminal window? Yep. > Colin told you what was wrong - if you fixed those issues, I don't think I fixed them, since I don't know how to fix them :^) hence my asking for how to configure pulseaudio :^) > but it still doesn't work, you can paste the new errors. Here is what I get, but it's the same as before: $ aplay -Dpulse .1.wav ALSA lib pulse.c:229:(pulse_connect) PulseAudio: Unable to connect: Connection refused aplay: main:590: audio open error: Connection refused so no server there... /var/log/syslog then contains Apr 6 19:24:30 slick pulseaudio[3775]: module.c: module-detect is deprecated: Please use module-udev-detect instead of module-detect! Apr 6 19:24:30 slick pulseaudio[3775]: module-console-kit.c: GetSessionsForUnixUser() call failed: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit was not provided by any .service files Apr 6 19:24:30 slick pulseaudio[3775]: module.c: Failed to load module "module-console-kit" (argument: ""): initialization failed. Apr 6 19:24:30 slick pulseaudio[3775]: main.c: Module load failed. Apr 6 19:24:30 slick pulseaudio[3775]: main.c: Failed to initialize daemon. Apr 6 19:24:30 slick pulseaudio[3773]: main.c: Daemon startup failed. If I just try $ pulseausio W: module.c: module-detect is deprecated: Please use module-udev-detect instead of module-detect! E: module-console-kit.c: GetSessionsForUnixUser() call failed: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit was not provided by any .service files E: module.c: Failed to load module "module-console-kit" (argument: ""): initialization failed. E: main.c: Module load failed. E: main.c: Failed to initialize daemon. so the problem seems to come from DBus (?) but why and where?? > Somebody can probably help you from there. I keep my fingers crossed :^) -- Fabrice DELENTE
