<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div></div><div style="display: block;" class="yahoo_quoted"><div class="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1385915018535_33782" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div class="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1385915018535_33783" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div class="y_msg_container"> </div> </div> </div> </div> I tried of everything you suggested. I'm not in the audio group in this machine, but then I'm not in audio on another machine and sound works fine. When I restarted pulseaudio with -vvv, here is the output. Does this tell you anything? Also, thanks for the help so far: I: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_NICE, (31, 31)) failed: Operation not permitted I: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_RTPRIO, (9, 9)) failed: Operation not permitted D: core-rtclock.c: Timer slack is set to 50 us. D: core-util.c: RealtimeKit worked. I: core-util.c: Successfully gained nice level -11. I: main.c: This is PulseAudio 0.9.21 D: main.c: Compilation host: x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu D: main.c: Compilation CFLAGS: -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m6 4 -mtune=generic -Wall -W -Wextra -pipe -Wno-long-long -Winline -Wvla -Wno-overlength-strings -Wunsafe-loop-optimizations -Wundef -Wfo rmat=2 -Wlogical-op -Wsign-compare -Wformat-security -Wmissing-include-dirs -Wformat-nonliteral -Wold-style-definition -Wpointer-arith -Winit-self -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wfloat-equal -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -Wredundant-decls -Wmissing-declarat ions -Wmissing-noreturn -Wshadow -Wendif-labels -Wcast-align -Wstrict-aliasing=2 -Wwrite-strings -Wno-unused-parameter -ffast-math -Wp ,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fno-common -fdiagnostics-show-option D: main.c: Running on host: Linux x86_64 2.6.32-279.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Jun 22 12:19:21 UTC 2012 D: main.c: Found 12 CPUs. I: main.c: Page size is 4096 bytes D: main.c: Compiled with Valgrind support: no D: main.c: Running in valgrind mode: no D: main.c: Running in VM: no D: main.c: Optimized build: yes D: main.c: All asserts enabled. I: main.c: Machine ID is XXXXXXXX. I: main.c: Session ID is XXXXXXXX-1385923845.176168-791094570. I: main.c: Using runtime directory /home/usermike/.pulse/XXXXXXXX-runtime. I: main.c: Using state directory /home/usermike/.pulse. I: main.c: Using modules directory /usr/lib64/pulse-0.9.21/modules. I: main.c: Running in system mode: no I: main.c: Fresh high-resolution timers available! Bon appetit! I: cpu-x86.c: CPU flags: CMOV MMX SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 SSE4_1 SSE4_2 I: svolume_mmx.c: Initialising MMX optimized functions. I: remap_mmx.c: Initialising MMX optimized remappers. I: svolume_sse.c: Initialising SSE2 optimized functions. I: remap_sse.c: Initialising SSE2 optimized remappers. I: sconv_sse.c: Initialising SSE2 optimized conversions. D: memblock.c: Using shared memory pool with 1024 slots of size 64.0 KiB each, total size is 64.0 MiB, maximum usable slot size is 654 72 D: database-tdb.c: Opened TDB database '/home/usermike/.pulse/XXXXXXXX-device-volumes.tdb' I: module-device-restore.c: Sucessfully opened database file '/home/usermike/.pulse/XXXXXXXX-device-volumes'. I: module.c: Loaded "module-device-restore" (index: #0; argument: ""). D: database-tdb.c: Opened TDB database '/home/usermike/.pulse/XXXXXXXX-stream-volumes.tdb' I: module-stream-restore.c: Sucessfully opened database file '/home/usermike/.pulse/XXXXXXXX-stream-volumes'. I: module.c: Loaded "module-stream-restore" (index: #1; argument: ""). D: database-tdb.c: Opened TDB database '/home/usermike/.pulse/XXXXXXXX-card-database.tdb' I: module-card-restore.c: Sucessfully opened database file '/home/usermike/.pulse/XXXXXXXX-card-database'. I: module.c: Loaded "module-card-restore" (index: #2; argument: ""). I: module.c: Loaded "module-augment-properties" (index: #3; argument: ""). D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib64/pulse-0.9.21/modules/module-udev-detect.so': success D: module-udev-detect.c: /dev/snd/controlC1 is accessible: no D: module-udev-detect.c: /dev/snd/controlC0 is accessible: no I: module-udev-detect.c: Found 2 cards. I: module.c: Loaded "module-udev-detect" (index: #4; argument: ""). D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib64/pulse-0.9.21/modules/module-bluetooth-discover.so': success D: dbus-util.c: Successfully connected to D-Bus system bus aec879c13b041dd0b093d0f10000001b as :1.170 D: bluetooth-util.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.DBus, path=/org/freedesktop/DBus, member=NameAcquired D: bluetooth-util.c: Bluetooth daemon is apparently not available. I: module.c: Loaded "module-bluetooth-discover" (index: #5; argument: ""). D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib64/pulse-0.9.21/modules/module-esound-protocol-unix.so': success I: module.c: Loaded "module-esound-protocol-unix" (index: #6; argument: ""). I: module.c: Loaded "module-native-protocol-unix" (index: #7; argument: ""). D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib64/pulse-0.9.21/modules/module-gconf.so': success I: module.c: Loaded "module-gconf" (index: #8; argument: ""). I: module-default-device-restore.c: Saved default sink 'auto_null' not existant, not restoring default sink setting. I: module-default-device-restore.c: Saved default source 'auto_null.monitor' not existant, not restoring default source setting. I: module.c: Loaded "module-default-device-restore" (index: #9; argument: ""). I: module.c: Loaded "module-rescue-streams" (index: #10; argument: ""). D: module-always-sink.c: Autoloading null-sink as no other sinks detected. I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for sink auto_null. I: module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for sink auto_null. I: sink.c: Created sink 0 "auto_null" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right I: sink.c: device.description = "Dummy Output" I: sink.c: device.class = "abstract" I: sink.c: device.icon_name = "audio-card" D: core-subscribe.c: Dropped redundant event due to change event. I: source.c: Created source 0 "auto_null.monitor" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right I: source.c: device.description = "Monitor of Dummy Output" I: source.c: device.class = "monitor" I: source.c: device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone" D: module-null-sink.c: Thread starting up I: module.c: Loaded "module-null-sink" (index: #11; argument: "sink_name=auto_null sink_properties='device.description="Dummy Output"' "). I: module.c: Loaded "module-always-sink" (index: #12; argument: ""). I: module.c: Loaded "module-intended-roles" (index: #13; argument: ""). D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink auto_null becomes idle, timeout in 5 seconds. I: module.c: Loaded "module-suspend-on-idle" (index: #14; argument: ""). I: client.c: Created 0 "ConsoleKit Session /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session1" D: module-console-kit.c: Added new session /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session1 I: module.c: Loaded "module-console-kit" (index: #15; argument: ""). I: module.c: Loaded "module-position-event-sounds" (index: #16; argument: ""). I: module.c: Loaded "module-cork-music-on-phone" (index: #17; argument: ""). D: dbus-util.c: Successfully connected to D-Bus session bus 4a9a9d19a117fc522db2ee1c00000022 as :1.135 D: main.c: Got org.pulseaudio.Server! I: main.c: Daemon startup complete. I: client.c: Created 1 "Native client (UNIX socket client)" I: client.c: Created 2 "Native client (UNIX socket client)" D: protocol-native.c: Protocol version: remote 16, local 16 I: protocol-native.c: Got credentials: uid=500 gid=500 success=1 D: protocol-native.c: SHM possible: yes D: protocol-native.c: Negotiated SHM: yes I: protocol-native.c: Got credentials: uid=500 gid=500 success=1 D: protocol-native.c: SHM possible: yes D: protocol-native.c: Negotiated SHM: yes I: client.c: Created 3 "Native client (UNIX socket client)" I: client.c: Created 4 "Native client (UNIX socket client)" D: protocol-native.c: Protocol version: remote 16, local 16 I: protocol-native.c: Got credentials: uid=500 gid=500 success=1 D: protocol-native.c: SHM possible: yes D: protocol-native.c: Negotiated SHM: yes I: client.c: Created 5 "Native client (UNIX socket client)" D: protocol-native.c: Protocol version: remote 16, local 16 I: protocol-native.c: Got credentials: uid=500 gid=500 success=1 D: protocol-native.c: SHM possible: yes D: protocol-native.c: Negotiated SHM: yes I: client.c: Created 6 "Native client (UNIX socket client)" D: protocol-native.c: Protocol version: remote 16, local 16 I: protocol-native.c: Got credentials: uid=500 gid=500 success=1 D: protocol-native.c: SHM possible: yes D: protocol-native.c: Negotiated SHM: yes D: module-augment-properties.c: Looking for .desktop file for gnome-settings-daemon D: module-augment-properties.c: Looking for .desktop file for gnome-volume-control-applet I: client.c: Created 7 "Native client (UNIX socket client)" D: protocol-native.c: Protocol version: remote 16, local 16 I: protocol-native.c: Got credentials: uid=500 gid=500 success=1 D: protocol-native.c: SHM possible: yes D: protocol-native.c: Negotiated SHM: yes D: protocol-native.c: Protocol version: remote 16, local 16 I: protocol-native.c: Got credentials: uid=500 gid=500 success=1 D: protocol-native.c: SHM possible: yes D: protocol-native.c: Negotiated SHM: yes D: module-augment-properties.c: Looking for .desktop file for metacity D: module-augment-properties.c: Looking for .desktop file for nautilus D: module-augment-properties.c: Looking for .desktop file for nautilus D: module-augment-properties.c: Looking for .desktop file for gnome-panel D: module-augment-properties.c: Looking for .desktop file for wnck-applet D: core-subscribe.c: Dropped redundant event due to change event. I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink auto_null idle for too long, suspending ... D: sink.c: Suspend cause of sink auto_null is 0x0004, suspending I: main.c: Got signal SIGUSR2. I: module.c: Loaded "module-cli-protocol-unix" (index: #18; argument: ""). I: client.c: Created 8 "UNIX socket client" I: main.c: Daemon shutdown initiated. I: module.c: Unloading "module-device-restore" (index: #0). I: module.c: Unloaded "module-device-restore" (index: #0). I: module.c: Unloading "module-stream-restore" (index: #1). I: module.c: Unloaded "module-stream-restore" (index: #1). I: module.c: Unloading "module-card-restore" (index: #2). I: module.c: Unloaded "module-card-restore" (index: #2). I: module.c: Unloading "module-augment-properties" (index: #3). I: module.c: Unloaded "module-augment-properties" (index: #3). I: module.c: Unloading "module-udev-detect" (index: #4). I: module.c: Unloaded "module-udev-detect" (index: #4). I: module.c: Unloading "module-bluetooth-discover" (index: #5). I: module.c: Unloaded "module-bluetooth-discover" (index: #5). I: module.c: Unloading "module-esound-protocol-unix" (index: #6). I: module.c: Unloaded "module-esound-protocol-unix" (index: #6). I: module.c: Unloading "module-native-protocol-unix" (index: #7). I: client.c: Freed 1 "GNOME Volume Control Applet" I: client.c: Freed 2 "GNOME Volume Control Media Keys" I: client.c: Freed 3 "libcanberra" I: client.c: Freed 4 "libcanberra" I: client.c: Freed 5 "libcanberra" I: client.c: Freed 6 "libcanberra" I: client.c: Freed 7 "libcanberra" I: module.c: Unloaded "module-native-protocol-unix" (index: #7). I: module.c: Unloading "module-gconf" (index: #8). I: module.c: Unloading "module-default-device-restore" (index: #9). I: module.c: Unloaded "module-default-device-restore" (index: #9). I: module.c: Unloading "module-rescue-streams" (index: #10). I: module.c: Unloaded "module-rescue-streams" (index: #10). I: module.c: Unloading "module-null-sink" (index: #11). D: module-always-sink.c: Autoloaded null-sink removed D: core-subscribe.c: Dropped redundant event due to change event. D: module-null-sink.c: Thread shutting down I: sink.c: Freeing sink 0 "auto_null" I: source.c: Freeing source 0 "auto_null.monitor" I: module.c: Unloaded "module-null-sink" (index: #11). I: module.c: Unloading "module-always-sink" (index: #12). I: module.c: Unloaded "module-always-sink" (index: #12). I: module.c: Unloading "module-intended-roles" (index: #13). I: module.c: Unloaded "module-intended-roles" (index: #13). I: module.c: Unloading "module-suspend-on-idle" (index: #14). I: module.c: Unloaded "module-suspend-on-idle" (index: #14). I: module.c: Unloading "module-console-kit" (index: #15). D: module-console-kit.c: Removing session /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session1 I: client.c: Freed 0 "ConsoleKit Session /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session1" I: module.c: Unloaded "module-console-kit" (index: #15). I: module.c: Unloading "module-position-event-sounds" (index: #16). I: module.c: Unloaded "module-position-event-sounds" (index: #16). I: module.c: Unloading "module-cork-music-on-phone" (index: #17). I: module.c: Unloaded "module-cork-music-on-phone" (index: #17). I: module.c: Unloading "module-cli-protocol-unix" (index: #18). I: client.c: Freed 8 "UNIX socket client" I: module.c: Unloaded "module-cli-protocol-unix" (index: #18). I: main.c: Daemon terminated. <div></div></div></body></html>