Sound Probs

[Bill Vance]

Howdy folks;

I've been having sound problems for some time now.
No sound for games, and no sound for firefox.

I just tried activating a game, and then firefox
from a shell and got some error msgs back from,
"epiphany-game", and about a zillion screen pages
worth of them from firefox.  Firefox appears to
think I'm using pulse.  The indentations are mine in
an effort to keep things halfway readable.

Can anyone make head or tails out of the following,
well enough to get something working?

Bill


epiphany


ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:977:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable
    to create IPC semaphore
Resource_path: /usr/share/epiphany
Mix_OpenAudio: No available audio device


firefox

[0xb09d66c0] main demux debug: looking for
      access_demux module: 1 candidate
[0xb09d66c0] main demux warning: no access_demux
      module matching "file" could be loaded


[0xb3448c80] avcodec decoder warning: Physical
      channel configuration not set : guessing


[0xae65bb50] pulse audio output: No. of Audio
      Channels: 1  shm_open() failed: Permission
      denied
[0xae65bb50] pulse audio output debug: Pulse
      mainloop started
[0xae65bb50] pulse audio output debug: Failed to
      connect to server: Connection refused
[0xae65bb50] pulse audio output debug: Pulse
      initialization unlock and fail
[0xae65bb50] pulse audio output debug: Pulse
      initialization failed
[0xae65bb50] alsa audio output debug: opening ALSA
      device `default'
[0xae65bb50] main audio output debug: thread (aout)
      created at priority 15 (alsa.c:687)
[0xae65bb50] main audio output debug: using
      audio output module "alsa"
[0xae65bb50] main audio output debug: output 'fl32'
      22050 Hz Mono frame=1 samples/4 bytes
[0xae65bb50] main audio output debug: mixer 'fl32'
      22050 Hz Mono frame=1 samples/4 bytes
[0xae65bb50] main audio output debug: no need for
      any filter
[0xae65bb50] main audio output debug: looking for
      audio mixer module: 3 candidates
[0xae65bb50] main audio output debug: thread
      started
[0xae65bb50] main audio output debug: using audio
      mixer module "float32_mixer"
[0xae65bb50] main audio output debug: input 's16l'
      22050 Hz Mono frame=1 samples/2 bytes
[0xb0785b50] main audio filter debug: looking for
      audio filter module: 1 candidate
[0xb0785b50] scaletempo audio filter warning: bad
      input or output format                                  
[0xb0785b50] scaletempo audio filter warning: input
      and output formats are not similar
[0xb0785b50] main audio filter warning: no audio
      filter module matching "scaletempo" could be
      loaded      
[0xb0785b50] main audio filter debug: looking for
      audio filter module: 1 candidate
[0xb0785b50] scaletempo audio filter debug: format:
      22050 rate, 1 nch, 4 bps, fl32
[0xb0785b50] scaletempo audio filter debug: params:
      30 stride, 0.200 overlap, 14 search
[0xb0785b50] scaletempo audio filter debug: 1.000
      scale, 661.000 stride_in, 661 stride_out, 529
      standing, 132 overlap, 308 search, 1101 queue
      fl32 mode
[0xb0785b50] main audio filter debug: using audio
      filter module "scaletempo"
[0xae65bb50] main audio output debug: filter(s)
      's16l'->'fl32' 22050 Hz->22050 Hz Mono->Mono
[0xb0785c60] main audio output debug: looking for
      audio filter module: 24 candidates
[0xb0785c60] main audio output debug: using audio
      filter module "converter_float"
[0xae65bb50] main audio output debug: found a
      filter for the whole conversion
[0xae65bb50] main audio output debug: filter(s)
      'fl32'->'fl32' 22050 Hz->22050 Hz Mono->Mono
[0xb0785e80] main audio output debug: looking for
      audio filter module: 24 candidates
[0xb0785e80] main audio output debug: using audio
      filter module "trivial_channel_mixer"
[0xae65bb50] main audio output debug: found a
      filter for the whole conversion
[0xae65bb50] main audio output debug: filter(s)
      'fl32'->'fl32' 24255 Hz->22050 Hz Mono->Mono
[0xb07860a0] main audio output debug: looking for
      audio filter module: 24 candidates
[0xb07860a0] main audio output debug: using audio
      filter module "bandlimited_resampler"
[0xae65bb50] main audio output debug: found a
      filter for the whole conversion
[0xb3448c80] main decoder debug: End of audio
      preroll
mdb:255, lastbuf:196 skipping granule 0
[0xaeac35b0] main input debug: Decoder buffering
      done in 1809 ms
[0xae65bb50] main audio output warning: PTS is out
      of range (-5194), dropping buffer
[0xae65bb50] main audio output warning: PTS is out
      of range (-30971), dropping buffer


[0xae65bb50] main audio output warning: output date
      isn't PTS date, requesting resampling (40014)
[0xae65bb50] main audio output warning: buffer is
      40467 late, triggering upsampling
[0xae65bb50] main audio output warning: resampling
      stopped after 6763810 usec (drift: -90)
[0xae65bb50] main audio output warning: output date
      isn't PTS date, requesting resampling (40001)
[0xae65bb50] main audio output warning: buffer is
      40821 late, triggering upsampling
[0xae65bb50] main audio output warning: resampling
      st