[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#698985: alsa-utils: alsamixer does not work. Broken pipe.

[Elimar Riesebieter]

* Azuki <eml9999 at email.com> [2013-01-27 07:19 -0500]:

> $ echo "autospawn=no" >> $HOME/.pulse/client.conf
> $ pulseaudio -k
> $ alsamixer
> ALSA lib pulse.c:243:(pulse_connect) PulseAudio: Unable to connect: Connection refused
> cannot open mixer: Connection refused

How do you manage to run alsamixer trying to connect to pulse? This
might be one of those gnome|kde|xfce4|whateverwm audio settings
tool? Is it the sme ⅹunning alsamixer running as root?

What tells:

$ groups

Elimar
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