Aha. Now the whole switch user thing makes sense too. I (and probably others) didn't have the alsa-sink in .pulse, but there were objects in /tmp that stopped it from creating a socket:
~$pulseaudio E: module-protocol-stub.c: Failed to create socket directory '/tmp/.esd-8023/socket': Permission denied E: module.c: Failed to load module "module-esound-protocol-unix" (argument: ""): initialization failed. E: main.c: Module load failed. E: main.c: Failed to initialize daemon. ~$ and so the same underlying "respawn like crazy" issue takes over just as for the alsa-sink. Changing the user changes the hard coded (non mktmp using) path name for the socket. -- Fast respawning when module-alsa-sink can't be loaded https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/570015 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
