Can anyone please help with the following problem ? The sound on a desktop PC running Debian Jessie has stopped working - no sound from any websites (e.g. BBC or YouTube) and trying to play a standard sound file I have saved which is used to test the sound with vlc gives: Audio output failed: The audio device "default" could not be used: Device or resource busy. and in the terminal window it says: VLC media player 2.2.6 Umbrella (revision 2.2.6-0-g1aae78981c) [00000000013f0608] pulse audio output error: PulseAudio server connection failure: Connection refused [0000000001318118] core libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface. [00000000013f0608] alsa audio output error: cannot open ALSA device "default": Device or resource busy [00000000013f0608] core audio output error: module not functional [00007fc2a8c02b08] core decoder error: failed to create audio output The sound was then suddenly regained. The sound has now been suddenly lost again. Loose wiring is not suspected. The only file in /etc/pulse is client.conf -- Securely sent with Tutanota. Claim your encrypted mailbox today! https://tutanota.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/pulseaudio-discuss/attachments/20170918/76bb932e/attachment.html>
