pulseaudio pa_pid_file_create() failed
This bug report was converted into a question: question #19424: pulseaudio pa_pid_file_create() failed.
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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pulseaudio (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: pulseaudio
Linux AMD64 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Sun Oct 14 21:45:15 GMT 2007 x86_64 GNU/Linux
upgraded from 7.10 to 8.04A1
in syslog there is a flood of the follow right after I rebooted
Dec 5 07:49:40 AMD64 pulseaudio[9028]: pid.c: Daemon already running.
Dec 5 07:49:40 AMD64 pulseaudio[9028]: main.c: pa_pid_
Dec 5 07:54:55 AMD64 pulseaudio[9090]: pid.c: Daemon already running.
Dec 5 07:54:55 AMD64 pulseaudio[9090]: main.c: pa_pid_
Dec 5 07:54:55 AMD64 pulseaudio[9093]: pid.c: Daemon already running.
Dec 5 07:54:55 AMD64 pulseaudio[9093]: main.c: pa_pid_
Dec 5 07:54:57 AMD64 pulseaudio[9096]: pid.c: Daemon already running.
Dec 5 07:54:57 AMD64 pulseaudio[9096]: main.c: pa_pid_
Dec 5 07:54:57 AMD64 pulseaudio[9102]: pid.c: Daemon already running.
Dec 5 07:54:57 AMD64 pulseaudio[9102]: main.c: pa_pid_
Dec 5 07:54:58 AMD64 pulseaudio[9106]: pid.c: Daemon already running.
Dec 5 07:54:58 AMD64 pulseaudio[9106]: main.c: pa_pid_
Dec 5 07:54:59 AMD64 pulseaudio[9110]: pid.c: Daemon already running.
Dec 5 07:54:59 AMD64 pulseaudio[9110]: main.c: pa_pid_
Dec 5 07:56:02 AMD64 pulseaudio[9133]: pid.c: Daemon already running.
Dec 5 07:56:02 AMD64 pulseaudio[9133]: main.c: pa_pid_
Dec 5 07:56:02 AMD64 pulseaudio[9136]: pid.c: Daemon already running.
Dec 5 07:56:02 AMD64 pulseaudio[9136]: main.c: pa_pid_
Dec 5 08:00:21 AMD64 pulseaudio[9228]: pid.c: Daemon already running.
Dec 5 08:00:21 AMD64 pulseaudio[9228]: main.c: pa_pid_
Dec 5 08:00:26 AMD64 pulseaudio[9233]: pid.c: Daemon already running.
Dec 5 08:00:26 AMD64 pulseaudio[9233]: main.c: pa_pid_
Dec 5 08:00:26 AMD64 pulseaudio[9236]: pid.c: Daemon already running.
Dec 5 08:00:26 AMD64 pulseaudio[9236]: main.c: pa_pid_
Dec 5 08:00:26 AMD64 pulseaudio[9239]: pid.c: Daemon already running.
Dec 5 08:00:26 AMD64 pulseaudio[9239]: main.c: pa_pid_
Dec 5 08:00:32 AMD64 pulseaudio[9242]: pid.c: Daemon already running.
Dec 5 08:00:32 AMD64 pulseaudio[9242]: main.c: pa_pid_
Dec 5 08:00:37 AMD64 pulseaudio[9245]: pid.c: Daemon already running.
Dec 5 08:00:37 AMD64 pulseaudio[9245]: main.c: pa_pid_
Dec 5 08:00:41 AMD64 pulseaudio[9248]: pid.c: Daemon already running.
Dec 5 08:00:41 AMD64 pulseaudio[9248]: main.c: pa_pid_
Dec 5 08:00:44 AMD64 pulseaudio[9251]: pid.c: Daemon already running.
Dec 5 08:00:44 AMD64 pulseaudio[9251]: main.c: pa_pid_
Dec 5 08:00:44 AMD64 pulseaudio[9254]: pid.c: Daemon already running.
Dec 5 08:00:44 AMD64 pulseaudio[9254]: main.c: pa_pid_
Dec 5 08:00:44 AMD64 pulseaudio[9257]: pid.c: Daemon already running.
Dec 5 08:00:44 AMD64 pulseaudio[9257]: main.c: pa_pid_
Dec 5 08:00:44 AMD64 pulseaudio[9260]: pid.c: Daemon already running.
Dec 5 08:00:44 AMD64 pulseaudio[9260]: main.c: pa_pid_
Dec 5 08:00:49 AMD64 pulseaudio[9263]: pid.c: Daemon already running.
Dec 5 08:00:49 AMD64 pulseaudio[9263]: main.c: pa_pid_
Are you using the per-user session method (not a system-wide daemon)? Even upstream recommends not using PA in system-wide daemon mode unless you well understand the implications. Further, Ubuntu will not enable this latter method by default.