Bug 18964 - after upgrade from Mga5 to Mga6 sta1.5, pulse audio is not running (no audio playback)
Summary: after upgrade from Mga5 to Mga6 sta1.5, pulse audio is not running (no audio ...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: RPM Packages (show other bugs)
Version: Cauldron
Hardware: i586 Linux
Priority: Normal normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Colin Guthrie
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Keywords: 6sta1.5, NEEDINFO
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Blocks:
 
Reported: 2016-07-17 03:06 CEST by Ben McMonagle
Modified: 2017-03-29 07:37 CEST (History)
1 user (show)

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Attachments
journalctl.txt (267.31 KB, text/plain)
2016-07-18 09:18 CEST, Ben McMonagle
Details

Description Ben McMonagle 2016-07-17 03:06:48 CEST
Description of problem: after upgrade from Mga5 i586 (6DE in 1) to Mga6RC, playback of an .mp4 with VLC reports:"Audio output failed:
       The audio device "default" could not be used:
       Connection refused."

closing VLC, starting Pulse Audio from terminal,then restarting playback now has audio


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Mageia-6-RC-i586-DVD.iso
DATE.txt: Fri Jul 15 20:00:00 CEST 2016

How reproducible:
every time


Steps to Reproduce:
1.update Mga5 i586 (6DE in 1) to latest. upgrade to Mga6RC. ( I used net-installer). reboot
2.login to plasma5, locate .mp4 and start playback with VLC.
3.there is no sound, (check controls are not muted) and popup displayed- see above
4. open terminal, enter : pulse audio
5. locate .mp4 and restart playback with VLC. adjust playback volume to suit
Ben McMonagle 2016-07-17 03:07:40 CEST

Keywords: (none) => 6RC
Summary: after upgrade from Mga5 to Mga6 RC, pulse audio is not running => after upgrade from Mga5 to Mga6 RC, pulse audio is not running (no audio playback)

Comment 1 Marja Van Waes 2016-07-18 07:37:37 CEST
@ Ben

Could you please attach journalctl.txt that is the result of, as root

     journalctl -ab > journalctl.txt

Keywords: (none) => NEEDINFO
CC: (none) => marja11
Assignee: bugsquad => mageia

Comment 2 Ben McMonagle 2016-07-18 09:18:23 CEST
Created attachment 8200 [details]
journalctl.txt
Comment 3 David Walser 2016-08-10 00:52:05 CEST
On a physical machine upgraded from Mageia 5 to Cauldron here, after logging into Plasma, pulseaudio is running and sound works fine.
Comment 4 Marja Van Waes 2017-03-29 07:37:38 CEST
(In reply to David Walser from comment #3)
> On a physical machine upgraded from Mageia 5 to Cauldron here, after logging
> into Plasma, pulseaudio is running and sound works fine.

There was no action in this report since August last year, assuming this got fixed for Ben, too.

Closing.

@ Ben

Please reopen if this bug is still valid for you with current 6RC

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => FIXED
Summary: after upgrade from Mga5 to Mga6 RC, pulse audio is not running (no audio playback) => after upgrade from Mga5 to Mga6 sta1.5, pulse audio is not running (no audio playback)


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