Pulseaudio crashes on startup of rhythmbox

[BeowulfOF]

Starting up rhythmbox lets pulseaudio crash. The applet in the ubuntu status bar shows no audio possible, and hotkeys for audio level do also refuse to work.

$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS
Release: 16.04
$ apt-cache policy rhythmbox
rhythmbox:
  Installiert: 3.3-1ubuntu7
  Installationskandidat: 3.3-1ubuntu7
  Versionstabelle:
 *** 3.3-1ubuntu7 500
        500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
$ apt-cache policy pulseaudio
pulseaudio:
  Installiert: 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.2
  Installationskandidat: 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.2
  Versionstabelle:
 *** 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.2 500
        500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:8.0-0ubuntu3 500
        500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: pulseaudio 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-62.83-generic 4.4.40
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-62-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/snd/by-path', '/dev/snd/hwC0D2', '/dev/snd/hwC0D0', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D3p', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0c', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p', '/dev/snd/controlC0', '/dev/snd/seq', '/dev/snd/timer'] failed with exit code 1:
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Fri Feb 17 07:48:08 2017
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-04-22 (300 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160421)
PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.
SourcePackage: pulseaudio
Symptom: audio
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 12/17/2015
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1.05.04
dmi.board.asset.tag: Tag 12345
dmi.board.name: W65_W67RZ
dmi.board.vendor: TUXEDO
dmi.board.version: Not Applicable
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: TUXEDO
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1.05.04:bd12/17/2015:svnTUXEDO:pnW65_W67RZ:pvrNotApplicable:rvnTUXEDO:rnW65_W67RZ:rvrNotApplicable:cvnTUXEDO:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: W65_W67RZ
dmi.product.version: Not Applicable
dmi.sys.vendor: TUXEDO
modified.conffile..etc.pulse.default.pa: [modified]
mtime.conffile..etc.pulse.default.pa: 2016-05-27T07:24:27.474424

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu.

If it is pulseaudio crashing then it's likely that's already been reported via https://errors.ubuntu.com/

If you would like to actively debug the problem however then we will need a stack trace from your particular crash. In that case, please try to obtain a backtrace following the instructions at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProgramCrash and upload the backtrace (as an attachment) to the bug report. This will greatly help us in tracking down your problem.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for pulseaudio (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]