Starting ubuntu sound settings magically fixes pulseaudio. -- 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/1571062
Title: no sound, volume control says establishing connection to pulseaudio Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: After upgrade to Ubuntu 16.04, pulseaudio started to behave weirdly: 1. There is no sound 2. pavucontrol cannot connect to pulseaudio and says Establishing connection to PulseAudio. Please wait...; 3. Rhythmbox freezes for a long time and then suddenly shows that the song is playing (the seek bar moves, the next song notification pops up, except that there is no sound). 4. alsamixer freezes and shows nothing 5. killall -9 pulseaudio makes it <defunct> or does nothing ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: pulseaudio 1:8.0-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-18.34-generic 4.4.6 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-18-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: vyzivus 2349 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC1: vyzivus 2349 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Fri Apr 15 21:50:52 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-07 (769 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130423.1) SourcePackage: pulseaudio UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-04-09 (6 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 12/17/2013 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A16 dmi.board.name: 029M77 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A00 dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.version: A16 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA16:bd12/17/2013:svnDellInc.:pnXPSL521X:pvrA16:rvnDellInc.:rn029M77:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrA16: dmi.product.name: XPS L521X dmi.product.version: A16 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1571062/+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
