1. I don't know where you got that file. I don't seem to have it in Ubuntu 20.04 or 20.10. You can find out where it's from with 'dpkg -S ...'
2. Some quick Googling suggests /etc/pulse/* is the fallback for when ~/.local/pulse/* does not exist. 3. I don't know where you got that file. I don't seem to have it in Ubuntu 20.04 or 20.10. You can find out where it's from with 'dpkg -S ...' 4. It would appear that's for distros that don't use systemd. To make bug future bug reports easier to answer please use the command: ubuntu-bug pulseaudio to open any future bugs. Or better yet, put future questions to the PulseAudio developers instead: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/groups/pulseaudio/-/issues -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1899352 Title: Pulseaudio cannot be kept from starting or respawning To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1899352/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs