when installing software I'm seeing a lot of errors that look like this, perhaps this is the reason the audio stopped working?
(gconftool-2:2854): GConf-WARNING **: Client failed to connect to the D-BUS daemon: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken. ps shows me: jm 1650 0.0 0.0 32224 2268 ? Ss 21:22 0:00 dbus- daemon --fork --session --address=unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-LBnHNbroMR so it does appear to be running -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1292438 Title: BETA 14.04 cant connect to PulseAudio server To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1292438/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs