Timidity fails to connect to PulseAudio

[Matt Neilson]

Binary package hint: timidity

>lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.04.1
Release: 8.04

> apt-cache policy timidity
timidity:
  Installed: 2.13.2-19ubuntu1
  Candidate: 2.13.2-19ubuntu1

Expected behavior: Timidity installs and properly configures ALSA midi emulation

Encountered behavior: PulseAudio refuses connection from Timidity, and package fails to install and configure properly.

Setting up timidity (2.13.2-19ubuntu1) ...
 * Starting TiMidity++ ALSA midi emulation...
*** PULSEAUDIO: Unable to connect: Connection refused
                                                                                                                                                                     [fail]
invoke-rc.d: initscript timidity, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing timidity (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of solfege:
 solfege depends on timidity; however:
  Package timidity is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing solfege (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 timidity
 solfege
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Sep 15 11:58:04 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Package: timidity 2.13.2-19ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: i386
SourcePackage: timidity
Title: package timidity 2.13.2-19ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-21-generic i686