Package: polypaudio Version: 0.7+20050805-2 Followup-For: Bug #323246 My failure seems similar. When I start polypaudio, I get the following in syslog:
Dec 21 14:50:36 localhost polypaudio[8565]: pid.c: stale PID file, overwriting. Dec 21 14:50:36 localhost polypaudio[8565]: sound-file.c: Failed to open file /usr/share/sounds/generic.wav Dec 21 14:50:36 localhost polypaudio[8565]: Failed to load sound file. Dec 21 14:50:36 localhost polypaudio[8565]: module-alsa-sink.c: Error opening PCM device default Dec 21 14:50:36 localhost polypaudio[8565]: module.c: Failed to load module "module-alsa-sink" (argument: "sink_name=output"): initialization failed. Dec 21 14:50:36 localhost polypaudio[8565]: main.c : Fatal error. Default sink name (output) does not exist in name register. It has sometimes worked, but never consistently. This is an x86 machine, with a 2.6.13 kernel. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.13-5-dc4eb Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages polypaudio depends on: ii libc6 2.3.5-6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libltdl3 1.5.20-2 A system independent dlopen wrappe ii libsamplerate0 0.1.1-2 audio rate conversion library ii libsndfile1 1.0.11-1 Library for reading/writing audio ii libwrap0 7.6.dbs-8 Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra polypaudio recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]