No control on volume after upgrade F7 -> F8

[Karl Larsen]

Aaron Konstam wrote:
> On Sun, 2008-01-27 at 08:42 +0100, Przemyslaw Gawronski wrote:
>   
>> Hi, I've got another problem after upgrading to F8. None of the volume
>> controls work :(
>>
>> system-config-soundcard detects my card, and plays the test sound fine,
>> but I can't change how loud it is played. Neither does
>> gnome-volume-control work. It has no effect on the volume.
>>
>> Running alsamixer I get this message:
>>
>> +++
>> *** PULSEAUDIO: Unable to connect: Connection refused
>>
>> alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: Connection refused
>> +++
>>
>> Is there any way I can run F8 without PulseAudio? It seams it isn't an
>> integral and stable part of Fedora yet. With F7 everything was working
>> great but F8 is giving me a hard time :(
>>
>> Thanks for help
>>     
> alsamixeer does not work if you have pulseaudio installed.
>
> I have the same problem with volume control. On that I need help.
>   
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>   
yum remove alsa-plugins-pulseaudio pulseaudio

    If you do this your sound should become good again.

Karl


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