Pulseaudio doesn't start, impossible to adjust sound volume
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pulseaudio (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: pulseaudio
I've just re-installed ubuntu 10.04 beta and update this fresh new install because of this bug.
The problem : I could not adjust sound volume from keyboard, the sound applet in gnome panel was absent, opening "volume control" in preferences was blocking at "waiting for sound server...". I had sound but i could not adjust it from globally. I could adjust volume separately from each application.
The error :
$ pulseaudio
E: module-
E: module.c: Failed to load module "module-
E: main.c: Module load failed.
E: main.c: Failed to initialize daemon.
The solution : i renamed my ~/.pulse to ~/.pulse_ to force pulseaudio to create a new .pulse directory.
The new output :
$ pulseaudio
E: pid.c: Daemon already running.
E: main.c: pa_pid_
Now it works, when i press volume down/up onto my keyboard, i see the notification for volume changed (with libnotify) that was not showing before renaming the .pulse directory
So this was a configuration problem, but i did not edit any file in ~/.pulse directory.
Joined the whole ~/.pulse directory which caused the problem with pulseaudio.
I hope you will considerate this as a bug because i'have just spend much time to resolve this very annoying problem.
Other infos :
Description: Ubuntu lucid (development branch)
Release: 10.04
$ apt-cache policy pulseaudio
pulseaudio:
Installed: 1:0.9.22~
Candidate: 1:0.9.22~
Version table:
*** 1:0.9.22~
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
Anthony
This is very likely caused by the same issue as in bug 557421