pulseaudio flooding system log

[mattismyname]

Binary package hint: pulseaudio

Install history:
Installed 8.04a1 from CD
Used update manager to upgrade to a2

I have done no manual configuration of pulseaudio beyond adding myself to the pulse-rt group. Contrary to what was mentioned in #174144, I have done nothing beyond what Ubuntu itself "wanted" to do.

/var/log/syslog is spammed with many of these messages:
Dec 30 16:32:20 Aluminumy pulseaudio[7120]: main.c: pa_pid_file_create() failed.
Dec 30 16:32:27 Aluminumy pulseaudio[7124]: pid.c: Daemon already running.
Dec 30 16:32:27 Aluminumy pulseaudio[7124]: main.c: pa_pid_file_create() failed.
Dec 30 16:32:27 Aluminumy pulseaudio[7127]: pid.c: Daemon already running.
Dec 30 16:32:27 Aluminumy pulseaudio[7127]: main.c: pa_pid_file_create() failed.
Dec 30 16:32:27 Aluminumy pulseaudio[7130]: pid.c: Daemon already running.
Dec 30 16:32:27 Aluminumy pulseaudio[7130]: main.c: pa_pid_file_create() failed.
Dec 30 16:32:48 Aluminumy pulseaudio[7139]: pid.c: Daemon already running.
Dec 30 16:32:48 Aluminumy pulseaudio[7139]: main.c: pa_pid_file_create() failed.
Dec 30 16:32:51 Aluminumy pulseaudio[7143]: pid.c: Daemon already running.
Dec 30 16:32:51 Aluminumy pulseaudio[7143]: main.c: pa_pid_file_create() failed.
Dec 30 16:32:51 Aluminumy pulseaudio[7146]: pid.c: Daemon already running.
Dec 30 16:32:51 Aluminumy pulseaudio[7146]: main.c: pa_pid_file_create() failed.
Dec 30 16:32:56 Aluminumy pulseaudio[7150]: pid.c: Daemon already running.
Dec 30 16:32:56 Aluminumy pulseaudio[7150]: main.c: pa_pid_file_create() failed.
Dec 30 16:32:57 Aluminumy pulseaudio[7154]: pid.c: Daemon already running.
Dec 30 16:32:57 Aluminumy pulseaudio[7154]: main.c: pa_pid_file_create() failed.
Dec 30 16:33:03 Aluminumy pulseaudio[7158]: pid.c: Daemon already running.
Dec 30 16:33:03 Aluminumy pulseaudio[7158]: main.c: pa_pid_file_create() failed.
Dec 30 16:33:04 Aluminumy pulseaudio[7161]: pid.c: Daemon already running.
Dec 30 16:33:04 Aluminumy pulseaudio[7161]: main.c: pa_pid_file_create() failed.
Dec 30 16:33:04 Aluminumy pulseaudio[7164]: pid.c: Daemon already running.
Dec 30 16:33:04 Aluminumy pulseaudio[7164]: main.c: pa_pid_file_create() failed.
Dec 30 16:33:04 Aluminumy pulseaudio[7167]: pid.c: Daemon already running.
Dec 30 16:33:04 Aluminumy pulseaudio[7167]: main.c: pa_pid_file_create() failed.
Dec 30 16:33:04 Aluminumy pulseaudio[7170]: pid.c: Daemon already running.
Dec 30 16:33:04 Aluminumy pulseaudio[7170]: main.c: pa_pid_file_create() failed.
Dec 30 16:33:05 Aluminumy pulseaudio[7173]: pid.c: Daemon already running.
Dec 30 16:33:05 Aluminumy pulseaudio[7173]: main.c: pa_pid_file_create() failed.
Dec 30 16:33:05 Aluminumy pulseaudio[7176]: pid.c: Daemon already running.
Dec 30 16:33:05 Aluminumy pulseaudio[7176]: main.c: pa_pid_file_create() failed.