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<p><font face="monospace">This is on debian buster (lightdm). user1
gets sound. user2 gets:</font></p>
<p><font size="-1">$ aplay linkto/file.wav</font></p>
<p><font size="-1">ALSA lib pulse.c:243:(pulse_connect) PulseAudio:
Unable to connect: Connection refused<br>
<br>
aplay: main:828: audio open error: Connection refused</font></p>
<p><font size="-1"><font size="-1">##########</font></font></p>
<p><font size="-1">$ pavucontrol<br>
<br>
(pavucontrol:14452): dbind-WARNING **: 17:55:12.478: Couldn't
register with accessibility bus: Did not receive a reply.
Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a
reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the
reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.</font></p>
<p><font size="-1"><font size="-1"><font size="-1">##########</font></font></font></p>
<p><font size="-1">$ alsamixer</font></p>
<p><font size="-1">ALSA lib pulse.c:243:(pulse_connect) PulseAudio:
Unable to connect: Connection refused<br>
<br>
cannot open mixer: Connection refused</font></p>
<p><font size="-1">##########</font></p>
<p><font size="-1">/etc/group:</font></p>
<p><font size="-1">audio:x:29:pulse,user1,user2<br>
pulse:x:116:user1,user2<br>
pulse-access:x:117:user1,user2</font></p>
<p><font size="-1">##########</font></p>
<p><font size="-1">cat ~/.config/pavucontrol.ini:</font></p>
<p><font size="-1">[window]<br>
width=682<br>
height=400<br>
sinkInputType=1<br>
sourceOutputType=1<br>
sinkType=0<br>
sourceType=1<br>
<br>
</font></p>
<p><font size="-1">##########<br>
</font></p>
<p><font size="-1">cat ~/.config/autostart/pulseaudio.desktop</font></p>
<p><font size="-1">[Desktop Entry]<br>
Type=Application<br>
Terminal=false<br>
OnlyShowIn=GNOME;KDE;lightdm<br>
Exec=pulseaudio<br>
Name=pulseaudio<br>
Comment=Volume/audio controls</font></p>
<p><font size="-1">##########</font></p>
<p><font size="-1">ls ~/.config/pulse</font></p>
<p><font size="-1">cookie<br>
dfd104153ad64a87b738b386fcef7832-card-database.tdb<br>
dfd104153ad64a87b738b386fcef7832-default-sink<br>
dfd104153ad64a87b738b386fcef7832-default-source<br>
dfd104153ad64a87b738b386fcef7832-device-volumes.tdb<br>
dfd104153ad64a87b738b386fcef7832-stream-volumes.tdb</font></p>
<p><font size="-1">##########</font></p>
<p><font size="-1">cat
~/.config/pulse/dfd104153ad64a87b738b386fcef7832-default-sink</font></p>
<p><font size="-1">alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo<br>
</font></p>
<p><font size="-1">##########</font></p>
<p><font size="-1">Sound used to work fine when it was on debian
wheezy. <br>
</font></p>
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