pulseaudio.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
fscrypt (Debian) |
New
|
Unknown
|
|||
fscrypt (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
pulseaudio (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
PA doesn't start on it's own after the latest update.
```
nafallo@wendigo:~$ systemctl --user status pulseaudio
● pulseaudio.service - Sound Service
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2020-07-29 14:59:19 CEST; 11min ago
TriggeredBy: ● pulseaudio.socket
Process: 2774 ExecStart=
Main PID: 2774 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Jul 29 14:59:19 wendigo systemd[2664]: pulseaudio.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 5.
Jul 29 14:59:19 wendigo systemd[2664]: Stopped Sound Service.
Jul 29 14:59:19 wendigo systemd[2664]: pulseaudio.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
Jul 29 14:59:19 wendigo systemd[2664]: pulseaudio.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Jul 29 14:59:19 wendigo systemd[2664]: Failed to start Sound Service.
Jul 29 14:59:20 wendigo systemd[2664]: pulseaudio.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
Jul 29 14:59:20 wendigo systemd[2664]: pulseaudio.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Jul 29 14:59:20 wendigo systemd[2664]: Failed to start Sound Service.
```
But works after starting it manually.
```
nafallo@wendigo:~$ systemctl --user start pulseaudio
nafallo@wendigo:~$ systemctl --user status pulseaudio
● pulseaudio.service - Sound Service
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/
Active: active (running) since Wed 2020-07-29 15:11:14 CEST; 5min ago
TriggeredBy: ● pulseaudio.socket
Main PID: 5675 (pulseaudio)
CGroup: /user.slice/
└─5675 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --daemonize=no --log-target=
Jul 29 15:11:13 wendigo systemd[2664]: Starting Sound Service...
Jul 29 15:11:14 wendigo systemd[2664]: Started Sound Service.
```
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: pulseaudio 1:13.99.
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-42-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.4
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/
CasperMD5CheckR
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Wed Jul 29 15:11:28 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-06-27 (763 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
SourcePackage: pulseaudio
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 12/11/2019
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1.12.1
dmi.board.name: 0W970W
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A03
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.
dmi.product.family: XPS
dmi.product.name: XPS 13 9370
dmi.product.sku: 07E6
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
affects: | systemd (Ubuntu) → pulseaudio (Ubuntu) |
Changed in fscrypt (Debian): | |
status: | Unknown → New |
For some reason the latest update (1:3.99. 1-1ubuntu3. 5) break if the user has an encrypted home directory, in my case ext4 encryption.
$ journalctl -xe --user-unit pulseaudio
``` www.ubuntu. com/support nafallo/ .config/ pulse): No such file or directory www.ubuntu. com/support www.ubuntu. com/support www.ubuntu. com/support www.ubuntu. com/support www.ubuntu. com/support
-- Reboot --
Jul 29 14:59:18 wendigo systemd[2664]: Starting Sound Service...
-- Subject: A start job for unit UNIT has begun execution
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://
--
-- A start job for unit UNIT has begun execution.
--
-- The job identifier is 25.
Jul 29 14:59:18 wendigo pulseaudio[2681]: Failed to create secure directory (/home/
Jul 29 14:59:18 wendigo systemd[2664]: pulseaudio.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
-- Subject: Unit process exited
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://
--
-- An ExecStart= process belonging to unit UNIT has exited.
--
-- The process' exit code is 'exited' and its exit status is 1.
Jul 29 14:59:18 wendigo systemd[2664]: pulseaudio.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
-- Subject: Unit failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://
--
-- The unit UNIT has entered the 'failed' state with result 'exit-code'.
Jul 29 14:59:18 wendigo systemd[2664]: Failed to start Sound Service.
-- Subject: A start job for unit UNIT has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://
--
-- A start job for unit UNIT has finished with a failure.
--
-- The job identifier is 25 and the job result is failed.
Jul 29 14:59:18 wendigo systemd[2664]: pulseaudio.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 1.
-- Subject: Automatic restarting of a unit has been scheduled
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://
--
-- Automatic restarting of the unit UNIT has been scheduled, as the result for
-- the configured Restart= setting for the unit.
Jul 29 14:59:18 wendigo systemd[2664]: Stopped Sound Service.
-- Subject: A stop job for unit UNIT has finished
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://
--
-- A stop job for unit UNIT has finished.
--
-- The job identifier is 94 and the job result is done.
```