[raring] Pulse audio fails to start with error 'Failed to open module "module-esound-protocol-unix": file not found'
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
pulseaudio (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Luke Yelavich | ||
Raring |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Luke Yelavich |
Bug Description
When I dist-upgraded to raring I lost audio. The indicator and settings showed no volume control.
Some debugging later showed that pulse audio wasn't running.
When running manually:
bob@alchemy:
E: [pulseaudio] module.c: Failed to open module "module-
E: [pulseaudio] main.c: Module load failed.
E: [pulseaudio] main.c: Failed to initialize daemon.
I installed pulseaudio-
bob@alchemy:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
pulseaudio-
The following NEW packages will be installed:
pulseaudio-
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 1 to remove and 26 not upgraded.
Need to get 36.8 kB of archives.
After this operation, 8,192 B of additional disk space will be used.
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Luke said it worked for him without this module, but it appears having the i386 module installed was confusing pulse into thinking it was available but being unable to load it (I am using an amd64 machine).
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: pulseaudio 1:2.1-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.6.2-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CheckboxSubmission: e440e09ef58a53b
CheckboxSystem: d00f84de8a55581
Date: Wed Nov 14 15:15:35 2012
InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-04-01 (593 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta amd64 (20110330)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: pulseaudio
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2011-07-05 (497 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 10/25/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A10
dmi.board.name: 0NVXFV
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A10
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.
dmi.product.name: Vostro 3500
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
Related branches
Changed in pulseaudio (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.