Never mind! It appears that there is a newer kernel out there (6.16.5) which when downloaded and rebooted into at least gets rid of the problem. Ranjan On Tue Sep09'25 07:09:35AM, Community Support for Fedora Users wrote: > From: Ranjan Maitra via users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2025 07:09:35 -0500 > To: Community support for Fedora users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Ranjan Maitra <mlmaitra@xxxxxxx> > Reply-To: Community support for Fedora users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: pavucontrol hangs while establishing connection to PulseAudio > > Hi, > > I rebooted into 6.16.3-200.fc42.x86_64 and now PulseAudio does not establish connection (pavucontrol gives "establishing connection to PulseAudio server" and asks me to wait but there is nothing more after that.) > > Any suggestions as to what I should look for? > > Many thanks and best wishes, > Ranjan > -- > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue