Comment 3 for bug 773232

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msp3k (peek-nimbios) wrote : Re: [Bug 773232] Re: gnome-volume-control freezes with "Waiting for sound system to respond"

Update: The problem (for me at least) appears to be that pulseaudio was
not starting on login. When starting it by hand from a terminal window,
the volume and Sound Preferences magically start to work again.

Michael

On 05/02/2011 04:46 AM, Damian Only wrote:
> I'm having the same problem. The failures seem to be random. Sometimes
> the volume control works without problems, and sometimes it just does
> not respond.
>