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Description of problem:
Testing RHEL 7.2 snapshot3 actually
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
pulseaudio-module-x11-6.0-6.el7.x86_64
pulseaudio-utils-6.0-6.el7.x86_64
pulseaudio-6.0-6.el7.x86_64
pulseaudio-gdm-hooks-6.0-6.el7.x86_64
pulseaudio-module-bluetooth-6.0-6.el7.x86_64
alsa-plugins-pulseaudio-1.0.27-3.el7.x86_64
pulseaudio-libs-6.0-6.el7.x86_64
pulseaudio-libs-glib2-6.0-6.el7.x86_64
How reproducible:
Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install RHEL 7.2 snapshot3
2. Login as root
3. check sound settings
Actual results:
Sound config panel doesn't show any sound devices because pulseaudio is not running. If you try to play sound with "aplay <file>" then you get a message, that it can't connect to pulseaudio:
ALSA lib pulse.c:243:(pulse_connect) PulseAudio: Unable to connect: Connection refused
aplay: main:722: audio open error: Connection refused
Expected results:
Pulsaudio starts also for the root user.
Additional info:
This behaviour is now similar to Fedora 22 and there are bugs for Fedora 22 already filed, but not resolved:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1234710https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1226141
Sound works perfectly when logging in as a "normal" user.
When you're still in the gdm login screen then pulseaudio is running as a process of gdm. Tried to login from a console and using aplay, but that doesn't work either.
So now RHEL 7.2 behaves exactly like Fedora 22. ;-) My fear is that this could affect the sound tests of redhat-hardware-certification.
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.
For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.
If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2015-2106.html