Actually pulse is running just fine (see your debug output), but the default sink may not be configured to the one you desire. What is the output from:
pactl stat ** Changed in: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- Pulseaudio is not running https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/675859 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