confirmed that 2 instances were running. killling them both & starting a new one fixed this as well as duplicate #1358441 -- but seems like still a bug that 2 instances got instantiated.
** Changed in: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to pulseaudio in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1358434 Title: usb headset not available as microphone source Status in “pulseaudio” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I have a usb Plantronics .Audio 478 headset that I use for conference calls. Works perfect in trusty, but upon upgrade to utopic the microphone is not available as an input in the gnome sound preferences or pavucontrol. There appears to be an entry in alsamixer, and a source in pactl list. Source #9 State: SUSPENDED Name: alsa_output.usb-Plantronics_Plantronics_.Audio_478_USB-00-USB.analog-stereo.monitor Description: Monitor of Plantronics .Audio 478 USB Analog Stereo Driver: module-alsa-card.c Sample Specification: s16le 2ch 44100Hz Channel Map: front-left,front-right Owner Module: 29 Mute: no Volume: 0: 100% 1: 100% 0: 0.00 dB 1: 0.00 dB balance 0.00 Base Volume: 100% 0.00 dB Monitor of Sink: alsa_output.usb-Plantronics_Plantronics_.Audio_478_USB-00-USB.analog-stereo Latency: 0 usec, configured 0 usec Flags: DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY Properties: device.description = "Monitor of Plantronics .Audio 478 USB Analog Stereo" device.class = "monitor" alsa.card = "3" alsa.card_name = "Plantronics .Audio 478 USB" alsa.long_card_name = "Plantronics Plantronics .Audio 478 USB at usb-0000:00:14.0-5.3.4, full speed" alsa.driver_name = "snd_usb_audio" device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:14.0-usb-0:5.3.4:1.0" sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-5/1-5.3/1-5.3.4/1-5.3.4:1.0/sound/card3" udev.id = "usb-Plantronics_Plantronics_.Audio_478_USB-00-USB" device.bus = "usb" device.vendor.id = "047f" device.vendor.name = "Plantronics, Inc." device.product.id = "c011" device.product.name = "Plantronics .Audio 478 USB" device.serial = "Plantronics_Plantronics_.Audio_478_USB" device.string = "3" module-udev-detect.discovered = "1" device.icon_name = "audio-card-usb" Formats: pcm ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10 Package: pulseaudio 1:4.0-0ubuntu18 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-9.14-generic 3.16.1 Uname: Linux 3.16.0-9-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia wl ApportVersion: 2.14.5-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Mon Aug 18 11:28:51 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-02-24 (175 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 14.04 "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140218) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: pulseaudio UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to utopic on 2014-08-17 (0 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 10/18/2013 dmi.bios.vendor: Apple Inc. dmi.bios.version: MBP112.88Z.0138.B02.1310181745 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag# dmi.board.name: Mac-2BD1B31983FE1663 dmi.board.vendor: Apple Inc. dmi.board.version: MacBookPro11,3 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Apple Inc. dmi.chassis.version: Mac-2BD1B31983FE1663 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAppleInc.:bvrMBP112.88Z.0138.B02.1310181745:bd10/18/2013:svnAppleInc.:pnMacBookPro11,3:pvr1.0:rvnAppleInc.:rnMac-2BD1B31983FE1663:rvrMacBookPro11,3:cvnAppleInc.:ct10:cvrMac-2BD1B31983FE1663: dmi.product.name: MacBookPro11,3 dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: Apple Inc. modified.conffile..etc.pulse.default.pa: [modified] mtime.conffile..etc.pulse.default.pa: 2014-08-17T12:06:50.161248 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1358434/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp