"No sound" but sound

[Jim]

Timothy Murphy wrote:
> Why do I get the boot-time message on my Fedora-8 laptop,
> "Sound server informational message:
> Error while initializing the sound driver:
> device: default can't be opened for playback (Connection refused)
> The sound server will continue, using the null output device",
> even though sound seems to be working perfectly well?
>
>   
Because The Linux Sound System has gone Bonkers !!
There is a problem in  Fedora 8 that causing sound system to fail.
I to have the same problem.
I hate to be a bearer of bad news, but I just wanted to let you know you 
were not alone.