No control on volume after upgrade F7 -> F8

[Aaron Konstam]

On Sun, 2008-01-27 at 08:42 +0100, Przemyslaw Gawronski wrote:
> Hi, I've got another problem after upgrading to F8. None of the volume
> controls work :(
> 
> system-config-soundcard detects my card, and plays the test sound fine,
> but I can't change how loud it is played. Neither does
> gnome-volume-control work. It has no effect on the volume.
> 
> Running alsamixer I get this message:
> 
> +++
> *** PULSEAUDIO: Unable to connect: Connection refused
> 
> alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: Connection refused
> +++
> 
> Is there any way I can run F8 without PulseAudio? It seams it isn't an
> integral and stable part of Fedora yet. With F7 everything was working
> great but F8 is giving me a hard time :(
> 
> Thanks for help
alsamixeer does not work if you have pulseaudio installed.

I have the same problem with volume control. On that I need help.
> 
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