Public bug reported: 1) => lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 12.10 Release: 12.10
2) => apt-cache policy gnome-settings-daemon gnome-settings-daemon: Installed: 3.4.2-0ubuntu15 Candidate: 3.4.2-0ubuntu15 Version table: *** 3.4.2-0ubuntu15 0 500 http://free.nchc.org.tw/ubuntu/ quantal-proposed/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 3.4.2-0ubuntu14 0 500 http://free.nchc.org.tw/ubuntu/ quantal/main amd64 Packages 3) I think gnome-settings-daemon should skip or delete the pulse tmp files. 4) The gnome settings daemon got stuck and keyboard shortcuts didn't work, volumn applet stucked too. => sudo strace -p $(pidof gnome-settings-daemon) nanosleep({0, 10000000}, NULL) = 0 readlink("/home/vecio/.pulse/597c3768236921d57286be880000000d-runtime", "/tmp/pulse-LJLJZtJLWpLE"..., 99) = 23 lstat("/tmp/pulse-LJLJZtJLWpLE", 0x7fff3c09c510) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) umask(077) = 02 mkdir("/tmp/pulse-euJOZCPFqcfT", 0700) = 0 umask(02) = 077 symlink("/tmp/pulse-euJOZCPFqcfT", "/home/vecio/.pulse/597c3768236921d57286be880000000d-runtime.tmp") = -1 EEXIST (File exists) rmdir("/tmp/pulse-euJOZCPFqcfT") = 0 If I delete the ~/.pulse directory, the daemon work well. ** Affects: gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: pulse ** Tags added: pulse -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-settings-daemon in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1097608 Title: 'gnome-settings-daemon' not responding because pluse To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/1097608/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs