'pactl load-module module-native-protocol-unix' tries to autoload module-esound-protocol-unix which now fails

[James Hunt]

Running the following as part of an lxc unprivileged container setup (see [1]) used to work fine:

pactl load-module module-native-protocol-unix auth-anonymous=1 socket=$PULSE_PATH

However, as of today, this fails. Looking in syslog I see:

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Jun 16 09:30:33 faire pulseaudio[25352]: [pulseaudio] socket-server.c: bind(): Adresse déjà utilisée
Jun 16 09:30:33 faire pulseaudio[25352]: [pulseaudio] module.c: Failed to load module "module-esound-protocol-unix" (argument: ""): initialization failed.
Jun 16 09:30:33 faire pulseaudio[25352]: [pulseaudio] main.c: Module load failed.
Jun 16 09:30:33 faire pulseaudio[25352]: [pulseaudio] main.c: Échec lors de l'initialisation du démon
Jun 16 09:30:33 faire pulseaudio[25349]: [pulseaudio] main.c: Échec lors du démarrage du démon.
Jun 16 09:30:34 faire pulseaudio[25365]: [pulseaudio] socket-server.c: bind(): Adresse déjà utilisée
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The solution for me as to remove the esound compat module:

$ sudo apt-get remove pulseaudio-esound-compat

[1] - https://www.stgraber.org/2014/02/09/lxc-1-0-gui-in-containers/

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: pulseaudio 1:4.0-0ubuntu12
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.15.0-6.11-generic 3.15.0
Uname: Linux 3.15.0-6-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.3-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Mon Jun 16 09:33:38 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-11 (65 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Daily amd64 (20140409)
SourcePackage: pulseaudio
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to utopic on 2014-05-08 (38 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 02/10/2014
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: GJET71WW (2.21 )
dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available
dmi.board.name: 20AQCTO1WW
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: 0B98405 STD
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrGJET71WW(2.21):bd02/10/2014:svnLENOVO:pn20AQCTO1WW:pvrThinkPadT440s:rvnLENOVO:rn20AQCTO1WW:rvr0B98405STD:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 20AQCTO1WW
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T440s
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO

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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

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