This is intentional - if you intend to change default.pa, you should copy the entire default.pa from /etc/pulse, then only change what you need. There is nothing in ~/.pulse/default.pa that includes all the needed logic in /etc/pulse/default.pa.
** Changed in: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- pulseaudio fails to start if ~/.pulse/default.pa exists https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/663019 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