I noticed the same messages in my user.log. I don't have libacr* installed. uname -a Linux pecan 2.6.28-15-generic #49-Ubuntu SMP Tue Aug 18 18:40:08 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux user.log Sep 12 09:40:44 pecan pulseaudio[16319]: module-x11-xsmp.c: X11 session manager not running. Sep 12 09:40:44 pecan pulseaudio[16319]: module.c: Failed to load module "module-x11-xsmp" (argument: ""): initialization failed. Sep 12 19:17:01 pecan pulseaudio[16319]: 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 Sep 13 03:00:01 pecan pulseaudio[16319]: 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 Sep 13 08:17:46 pecan pulseaudio[3489]: module-x11-xsmp.c: X11 session manager not running. Sep 13 08:17:48 pecan pulseaudio[3489]: module.c: Failed to load module "module-x11-xsmp" (argument: ""): initialization failed. Sep 13 14:27:35 pecan pulseaudio[3325]: module-x11-xsmp.c: X11 session manager not running. Sep 13 14:27:36 pecan pulseaudio[3325]: module.c: Failed to load module "module-x11-xsmp" (argument: ""): initialization failed. Sep 14 07:07:41 pecan pulseaudio[3328]: module-x11-xsmp.c: X11 session manager not running. Sep 14 07:07:43 pecan pulseaudio[3328]: module.c: Failed to load module "module-x11-xsmp" (argument: ""): initialization failed. Sep 14 08:03:09 pecan pulseaudio[3328]: alsa-util.c: Cannot find fallback mixer control "PCM" or mixer control is no combination of switch/volume. Sep 14 08:03:09 pecan pulseaudio[3328]: alsa-util.c: Device hw:1 doesn't support 2 channels, changed to 1. Sep 14 08:34:34 pecan pulseaudio[3328]: module-combine.c: Assertion '!op->outq_rtpoll_item_read && !op->inq_rtpoll_item_write' failed at modules/module-combine.c:691, function sink_process_msg(). Aborting. Sep 14 13:59:19 pecan pulseaudio[3559]: alsa-util.c: Cannot find fallback mixer control "PCM" or mixer control is no combination of switch/volume. Sep 14 13:59:19 pecan pulseaudio[3559]: alsa-util.c: Device hw:1 doesn't support 2 channels, changed to 1. Sep 14 13:59:33 pecan pulseaudio[3559]: module-x11-xsmp.c: X11 session manager not running. Sep 14 13:59:33 pecan pulseaudio[3559]: module.c: Failed to load module "module-x11-xsmp" (argument: ""): initialization failed. Sep 15 06:25:01 pecan pulseaudio[3559]: 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 dpkg -l | grep -i pulseaudio ii gstreamer0.10-pulseaudio 0.10.14-1ubuntu0.1 GStreamer plugin for PulseAudio ii libpulse-browse0 1:0.9.14-0ubuntu20.2 PulseAudio client libraries (zeroconf support) ii libpulse-mainloop-glib0 1:0.9.14-0ubuntu20.2 PulseAudio client libraries (glib support) ii libpulse0 1:0.9.14-0ubuntu20.2 PulseAudio client libraries rc libpulsecore5 0.9.10-2ubuntu9.3 PulseAudio sound server core ii libpulsecore9 1:0.9.14-0ubuntu20.2 PulseAudio sound server core ii libsdl1.2debian-pulseaudio 1.2.13-4ubuntu3 Simple DirectMedia Layer (with X11 and PulseAudio options) ii padevchooser 0.9.3-2ubuntu4 PulseAudio Device Chooser ii paman 0.9.4-1ubuntu2 PulseAudio Manager ii paprefs 0.9.7-0ubuntu1 PulseAudio Preferences ii pavucontrol 0.9.7-1ubuntu3 PulseAudio Volume Control ii pavumeter 0.9.3-1ubuntu1 PulseAudio Volume Meter ii pulseaudio 1:0.9.14-0ubuntu20.2 PulseAudio sound server ii pulseaudio-esound-compat 1:0.9.14-0ubuntu20.2 PulseAudio ESD compatibility layer ii pulseaudio-module-gconf 1:0.9.14-0ubuntu20.2 GConf module for PulseAudio sound server ii pulseaudio-module-hal 1:0.9.14-0ubuntu20.2 HAL device detection module for PulseAudio sound server ii pulseaudio-module-x11 1:0.9.14-0ubuntu20.2 X11 module for PulseAudio sound server ii pulseaudio-module-zeroconf 1:0.9.14-0ubuntu20.2 Zeroconf module for PulseAudio sound server ii pulseaudio-utils 1:0.9.14-0ubuntu20.2 Command line tools for the PulseAudio sound server dpkg -l | grep -i libacr pulseaudio --version I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE. I: caps.c: Dropping root privileges. I: caps.c: Limited capabilities successfully to CAP_SYS_NICE. pulseaudio 0.9.14