Thanks. It appears this isn't the problem I thought it was. Instead it sounds like pulseaudio is opening the audio device(s) exclusively and can't share them between sessions.
I'm not sure but I suspect a shared pulseaudio daemon is possible and might avoid that problem. It looks like you can enable: daemonize = yes in /etc/pulse/daemon.conf But now I am guessing. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1814964 Title: No audio when logging in as second user. Only dummy audio device seen To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1814964/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
