Description of problem: paplay gives an error message and changes the volume Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): pulseaudio-0.9.21-6.fc13.x86_64 pulseaudio-utils-0.9.21-6.fc13.x86_64 How reproducible: Every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. paplay /usr/share/sounds/purple/send.wav 2. 3. Actual results: mrburns:~% paplay /usr/share/sounds/purple/send.wav Invalid shared memory segment size The sound does play, but the master volume is set to 10. Sometimes, the volume is set to 0 for Master, PCM, Front, Surround and Side. I can't see any pattern to when it just changes the master volume, and when it changes all of those listed. Expected results: paplay should *never* be changing the volume. I just want it to playback what I've asked it to play. If I want the volume changing, I'll do it myself. Additional info: Hardware details: http://www.smolts.org/client/show/pub_56e87ac6-19bb-4390-a9e6-a673dc32532b
"Invalid shared memory segment size" is an indication that you are running and old PA server against a new PA client, or vice versa. PA always sets the hw volume to the max of the stream volumes.
Well, I can't see how that could have happened, given it was a fresh install, with a handful of yum updates. But since I can't reproduce it any more, I'm going to close this.