[pulseaudio-discuss] New release - mpd has stopped working with same user

[poljarinho at gmail.com]

> Hi, sorry about that, new gmail interface.
> 
> That's exactly what I had in mpd.conf
> user "ngoonee"
> audio_output {
>     type "pulse"
>     name "MPD Pulse Output"
> }
> 
> However mpd.log gives this:-
> 
> Nov 19 14:45 : output: Failed to enable "MPD Pulse Output" [pulse]:
> pa_context_connect() has failed: Connection refused
> Nov 19 14:45 : player_thread: problems opening audio device while
> playing "PointBreak-StandTough.mp3"

I can reproduce this if I'm using the server line in the mpd.conf.
Without the server line it works as expected.
Are you sure that you are using the right mpd.conf?

Can you connect to the local server with pactl? (e.g. pactl info).
Note that you should get the same error when you try to connect with
pactl -s localhost info.