failed to load "module-esound-protocol-unix"

[tbds]

Binary package hint: pulseaudio

I just upgrade to unstable Karmic Koala. Before this upgrade my sound worked fine, but now it doesnt. I'm not sure, whether this is just some sort of misconfiguration or a bug, so maybe you'll have an idea.

1. When I try to start pulseaudio manually by typing it into the terminal, it tells me:
E: pid.c: Daemon already running.
E: main.c: pa_pid_file_create() failed.

2. /var/log/user.log writes a thousand times something like the following:
Oct 24 00:42:34 desktop pulseaudio[11834]: pid.c: Stale PID file, overwriting.
Oct 24 15:00:01 desktop pulseaudio[3678]: module-console-kit.c: GetUnixUser() call failed: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod: Method "GetUnixUser" with signature "" on interface "org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Session" doesn't exist
Oct 26 13:37:19 desktop pulseaudio[4057]: pid.c: Stale PID file, overwriting.
Oct 26 14:08:57 desktop pulseaudio[6605]: socket-server.c: bind(): Address already in use
Oct 26 14:08:57 desktop pulseaudio[6605]: module.c: Failed to load module "module-esound-protocol-unix" (argument: ""): initialization failed.
Oct 26 14:08:57 desktop pulseaudio[6605]: main.c: Module load failed.
Oct 26 14:08:57 desktop pulseaudio[6605]: main.c: Failed to initialize daemon.
Oct 26 14:08:57 desktop pulseaudio[6602]: main.c: Daemon startup failed.
Oct 26 14:10:53 desktop pulseaudio[2397]: protocol-esound.c: write(): Broken pipe

By the way, I have to run my system with "acpi=off" for being stable, if that might have something to do with this...

[Daniel T Chen (crimsun)]

Please use https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PulseAudio/Log

On Oct 26, 2009 9:45 AM, "Nils-Christoph Fiedler" <email address hidden>
wrote:

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: pulseaudio

I just upgrade to unstable Karmic Koala. Before this upgrade my sound
worked fine, but now it doesnt. I'm not sure, whether this is just some
sort of misconfiguration or a bug, so maybe you'll have an idea.

1. When I try to start pulseaudio manually by typing it into the terminal,
it tells me:
E: pid.c: Daemon already running.
E: main.c: pa_pid_file_create() failed.

2. /var/log/user.log writes a thousand times something like the following:
Oct 24 00:42:34 desktop pulseaudio[11834]: pid.c: Stale PID file,
overwriting.
Oct 24 15:00:01 desktop pulseaudio[3678]: module-console-kit.c:
GetUnixUser() call failed: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod: Method
"GetUnixUser" with signature "" on interface
"org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Session" doesn't exist
Oct 26 13:37:19 desktop pulseaudio[4057]: pid.c: Stale PID file,
overwriting.
Oct 26 14:08:57 desktop pulseaudio[6605]: socket-server.c: bind(): Address
already in use
Oct 26 14:08:57 desktop pulseaudio[6605]: module.c: Failed to load module
"module-esound-protocol-unix" (argument: ""): initialization failed.
Oct 26 14:08:57 desktop pulseaudio[6605]: main.c: Module load failed.
Oct 26 14:08:57 desktop pulseaudio[6605]: main.c: Failed to initialize
daemon.
Oct 26 14:08:57 desktop pulseaudio[6602]: main.c: Daemon startup failed.
Oct 26 14:10:53 desktop pulseaudio[2397]: protocol-esound.c: write(): Broken
pipe

By the way, I have to run my system with "acpi=off" for being stable, if
that might have something to do with this...

** Affects: pulseaudio (Ubuntu)
    Importance: Undecided
        Status: New

** Tags: karmic module-esound-protocol-unix pulseaudio

** Tags added: module-esound-protocol-unix

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failed to load "module-esound-protocol-unix"
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Bug description:
Binary package hint: pulseaudio

I just upgrade to unstable Karmic Koala. Before this upgrade my sound worked
fine, but now it doesnt. I'm not sure, whether this is just some sort of
misconfiguration or a bug, so maybe you'll have an idea.

1. When I try to start pulseaudio manually by typing it into the terminal,
it tells me:
E: pid.c: Daemon already running.
E: main.c: pa_pid_file_create() failed.

2. /var/log/user.log writes a thousand times something like the following:
Oct 24 00:42:34 desktop pulseaudio[11834]: pid.c: Stale PID file,
overwriting.
Oct 24 15:00:01 desktop pulseaudio[3678]: module-console-kit.c:
GetUnixUser() call failed: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod: Method
"GetUnixUser" with signature "" on interface
"org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Session" doesn't exist
Oct 26 13:37:19 desktop pulseaudio[4057]: pid.c: Stale PID file,
overwriting.
Oct 26 14:08:57 desktop pulseaudio[6605]: socket-server.c: bind(): Address
already in use
Oct 26 14:08:57 desktop pulseaudio[6605]: module.c: Failed to load module
"module-esound-...

[tbds (tbds-deactivatedaccount)]

Now I tried to run a simple .wav file while doing the commands and again had no audio.
Thanks!

[tbds (tbds-deactivatedaccount)]

I upgraded from online source, before the problem occurred.
Now I tried it with a live-cd and the sound worked fine! Not very elegant to rescue personal files and settings, format harddrive and perform a fresh ubuntu installation, but for me this seems to be the only possibility after having treid out nearly everything!
So me for me, the bug is "solved" in a kind of way.
Regards!

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu.
Ubuntu 9.10 (karmic) reached end-of-life on April 30, 2011.

See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

Please upgrade to the latest version and re-test.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for pulseaudio (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]