Pulseaudio broken after installing 'paprefs'

That's strange -- version 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.10 was actually released last year on 2018-05-03. So if you're experiencing a new problem then maybe pulseaudio is not the cause.

Please attach the file:

  /var/log/apt/history.log

so we can find out...

Hi Daniel - see attached

Cheers

*Your reason and your passion are the rudder and the sails of your
seafaring soul.*
*Kahlil Gibran*

On Mon, Sep 30, 2019 at 6:36 PM Daniel van Vugt <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> That's strange -- version 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.10 was actually released last
> year on 2018-05-03. So if you're experiencing a new problem then maybe
> pulseaudio is not the cause.
>
> Please attach the file:
>
> /var/log/apt/history.log
>
> so we can find out...
>
>
> ** Changed in: pulseaudio (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1844902
>
> Title:
> Pulseaudio broken after update
>
> Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> after the update on 21/9/19 of pulseaudio to 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.10 I get
> no sound and when killing the demon it restarts with the following
> error - [pulseaudio] main.c: pa_pid_file_create() failed. Reboot does
> not restore sound.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
> Package: pulseaudio 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.10
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-157.185-generic 4.4.181
> Uname: Linux 4.4.0-157-generic x86_64
> ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.19
> Architecture: amd64
> AudioDevicesInUse:
> USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
> /dev/snd/controlC1: david 1745 F.... pulseaudio
> /dev/snd/controlC0: david 1745 F.... pulseaudio
> CurrentDesktop: Unity
> Date: Sun Sep 22 11:05:48 2019
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-01-03 (991 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64
> (20160420.1)
> ProcEnviron:
> LANGUAGE=en_AU:en
> PATH=(custom, no user)
> XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
> LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: pulseaudio
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
> dmi.bios.date: 12/13/2012
> dmi.bios.vendor: Intel Corp.
> dmi.bios.version: GKPPT10H.86A.0036.2012.1213.1503
> dmi.board.name: DCP847SKE
> dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation
> dmi.board.version: G80890-102
> dmi.chassis.type: 3
> dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnIntelCorp.:bvrGKPPT10H.86A.0036.2012.1213.1503:bd12/13/2012:svn:pn:pvr:rvnIntelCorporation:rnDCP847SKE:rvrG80890-102:cvn:ct3:cvr:
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1844902/+subscriptions
>

Thanks. I think the relevant update was:

Start-Date: 2019-09-21 17:34:40
Commandline: apt install paprefs
Requested-By: david (1000)
Install: gnome-icon-theme:amd64 (3.12.0-1ubuntu3, automatic), paprefs:amd64 (0.9.10-2), pulseaudio-module-zeroconf:amd64 (1:8.0-0ubuntu3.10, automatic), libglademm-2.4-1v5:amd64 (2.6.7-5, automatic), libgtkmm-2.4-1v5:amd64 (1:2.24.4-2, automatic), pulseaudio-module-gconf:amd64 (1:8.0-0ubuntu3.10, automatic), libgconfmm-2.6-1v5:amd64 (2.28.3-0ubuntu3, automatic)
End-Date: 2019-09-21 17:34:48

That wasn't a system update really. It looks like you installed something like 'paprefs' manually, which might then automatically install 'pulseaudio-module-gconf' and 'pulseaudio-module-zeroconf'.

I don't really know if any of those are broken or just not configured correctly, but it sounds like you just need to uninstall them:

  sudo apt remove paprefs pulseaudio-module-zeroconf pulseaudio-module-gconf

or something like that.

Hi Daniel - removed those packages - after the problem I did install
paprefs to see if I could use to see the configuration of pulseaudio and
see if anything wrong - was no help.

Still get this
david@david-desktop:~$ pulseaudio -k
david@david-desktop:~$ pulseaudio -v
I: [pulseaudio] main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_NICE, (31, 31)) failed: Operation
not permitted
I: [pulseaudio] main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_RTPRIO, (9, 9)) failed: Operation
not permitted
I: [pulseaudio] core-util.c: Successfully gained nice level -11.
I: [pulseaudio] main.c: This is PulseAudio 8.0
I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Page size is 4096 bytes
I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Machine ID is 427e6f43267740cea72726e16c53a1cc.
I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Session ID is c2.
I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Using runtime directory /run/user/1000/pulse.
I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Using state directory /home/david/.config/pulse.
I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Using modules directory /usr/lib/pulse-8.0/modules.
I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Running in system mode: no
E: [pulseaudio] pid.c: Daemon already running.
E: [pulseaudio] main.c: pa_pid_file_create() failed.

I do get a brief sound output during boot - the startup sound then it dies

cheers

*Your reason and your passion are the rudder and the sails of your
seafaring soul.*
*Kahlil Gibran*

On Mon, Sep 30, 2019 at 8:02 PM Daniel van Vugt <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Thanks. I think the relevant update was:
>
> Start-Date: 2019-09-21 17:34:40
> Commandline: apt install paprefs
> Requested-By: david (1000)
> Install: gnome-icon-theme:amd64 (3.12.0-1ubuntu3, automatic),
> paprefs:amd64 (0.9.10-2), pulseaudio-module-zeroconf:amd64
> (1:8.0-0ubuntu3.10, automatic), libglademm-2.4-1v5:amd64 (2.6.7-5,
> automatic), libgtkmm-2.4-1v5:amd64 (1:2.24.4-2, automatic),
> pulseaudio-module-gconf:amd64 (1:8.0-0ubuntu3.10, automatic),
> libgconfmm-2.6-1v5:amd64 (2.28.3-0ubuntu3, automatic)
> End-Date: 2019-09-21 17:34:48
>
> That wasn't a system update really. It looks like you installed
> something like 'paprefs' manually, which might then automatically
> install 'pulseaudio-module-gconf' and 'pulseaudio-module-zeroconf'.
>
> I don't really know if any of those are broken or just not configured
> correctly, but it sounds like you just need to uninstall them:
>
> sudo apt remove paprefs pulseaudio-module-zeroconf pulseaudio-module-
> gconf
>
> or something like that.
>
> ** Summary changed:
>
> - Pulseaudio broken after update
> + Pulseaudio broken after installing 'paprefs'
>
> ** Package changed: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) => paprefs (Ubuntu)
>
> ** Changed in: paprefs (Ubuntu)
> Status: Incomplete => New
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1844902
>
> Title:
> Pulseaudio broken after installing 'paprefs'
>
> Status in paprefs package in Ubuntu:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> after the update on 21/9/19 of pulseaudio to 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.10 I get
> no sound and when killing the demon it restarts with the following
> error - [pulseaudio] main.c: pa_pid_file_create() failed. Reboot does
> not restore sound.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
> Package: puls...

OK, keep those files removed.

The issue of 'pa_pid_file_create() failed' looks like a stale .pid somewhere. Either from a previous session or from root if somehow you've configured a separate instance for daemon mode.

First please try removing your local config:

  rm -rf ~/.config/pulse

and then reboot.

If it still doesn't work then you need to look for files ending in 'pid', probably under /var/

no change - found a pid in var/run/user/1000/pulse contains value 2299
thanks for help by the way

*Your reason and your passion are the rudder and the sails of your
seafaring soul.*
*Kahlil Gibran*

On Tue, Oct 1, 2019 at 12:30 PM Daniel van Vugt <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> OK, keep those files removed.
>
> The issue of 'pa_pid_file_create() failed' looks like a stale .pid
> somewhere. Either from a previous session or from root if somehow you've
> configured a separate instance for daemon mode.
>
> First please try removing your local config:
>
> rm -rf ~/.config/pulse
>
> and then reboot.
>
> If it still doesn't work then you need to look for files ending in
> 'pid', probably under /var/
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1844902
>
> Title:
> Pulseaudio broken after installing 'paprefs'
>
> Status in paprefs package in Ubuntu:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> after the update on 21/9/19 of pulseaudio to 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.10 I get
> no sound and when killing the demon it restarts with the following
> error - [pulseaudio] main.c: pa_pid_file_create() failed. Reboot does
> not restore sound.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
> Package: pulseaudio 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.10
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-157.185-generic 4.4.181
> Uname: Linux 4.4.0-157-generic x86_64
> ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.19
> Architecture: amd64
> AudioDevicesInUse:
> USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
> /dev/snd/controlC1: david 1745 F.... pulseaudio
> /dev/snd/controlC0: david 1745 F.... pulseaudio
> CurrentDesktop: Unity
> Date: Sun Sep 22 11:05:48 2019
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-01-03 (991 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64
> (20160420.1)
> ProcEnviron:
> LANGUAGE=en_AU:en
> PATH=(custom, no user)
> XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
> LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: pulseaudio
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
> dmi.bios.date: 12/13/2012
> dmi.bios.vendor: Intel Corp.
> dmi.bios.version: GKPPT10H.86A.0036.2012.1213.1503
> dmi.board.name: DCP847SKE
> dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation
> dmi.board.version: G80890-102
> dmi.chassis.type: 3
> dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnIntelCorp.:bvrGKPPT10H.86A.0036.2012.1213.1503:bd12/13/2012:svn:pn:pvr:rvnIntelCorporation:rnDCP847SKE:rvrG80890-102:cvn:ct3:cvr:
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/paprefs/+bug/1844902/+subscriptions
>

also found this in syslog
david-desktop pulseaudio[2299]: [pulseaudio] backend-ofono.c: Failed to
register as a handsfree audio agent with ofono:
org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.ofono was not
provided by any .service files

*Your reason and your passion are the rudder and the sails of your
seafaring soul.*
*Kahlil Gibran*

On Tue, Oct 1, 2019 at 1:30 PM David Wise <email address hidden> wrote:

> no change - found a pid in var/run/user/1000/pulse contains value 2299
> thanks for help by the way
>
> *Your reason and your passion are the rudder and the sails of your
> seafaring soul.*
> *Kahlil Gibran*
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 1, 2019 at 12:30 PM Daniel van Vugt <
> <email address hidden>> wrote:
>
>> OK, keep those files removed.
>>
>> The issue of 'pa_pid_file_create() failed' looks like a stale .pid
>> somewhere. Either from a previous session or from root if somehow you've
>> configured a separate instance for daemon mode.
>>
>> First please try removing your local config:
>>
>> rm -rf ~/.config/pulse
>>
>> and then reboot.
>>
>> If it still doesn't work then you need to look for files ending in
>> 'pid', probably under /var/
>>
>> --
>> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
>> report.
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1844902
>>
>> Title:
>> Pulseaudio broken after installing 'paprefs'
>>
>> Status in paprefs package in Ubuntu:
>> New
>>
>> Bug description:
>> after the update on 21/9/19 of pulseaudio to 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.10 I get
>> no sound and when killing the demon it restarts with the following
>> error - [pulseaudio] main.c: pa_pid_file_create() failed. Reboot does
>> not restore sound.
>>
>> ProblemType: Bug
>> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
>> Package: pulseaudio 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.10
>> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-157.185-generic 4.4.181
>> Uname: Linux 4.4.0-157-generic x86_64
>> ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.19
>> Architecture: amd64
>> AudioDevicesInUse:
>> USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
>> /dev/snd/controlC1: david 1745 F.... pulseaudio
>> /dev/snd/controlC0: david 1745 F.... pulseaudio
>> CurrentDesktop: Unity
>> Date: Sun Sep 22 11:05:48 2019
>> InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-01-03 (991 days ago)
>> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64
>> (20160420.1)
>> ProcEnviron:
>> LANGUAGE=en_AU:en
>> PATH=(custom, no user)
>> XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
>> LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
>> SHELL=/bin/bash
>> SourcePackage: pulseaudio
>> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>> dmi.bios.date: 12/13/2012
>> dmi.bios.vendor: Intel Corp.
>> dmi.bios.version: GKPPT10H.86A.0036.2012.1213.1503
>> dmi.board.name: DCP847SKE
>> dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation
>> dmi.board.version: G80890-102
>> dmi.chassis.type: 3
>> dmi.modalias:
>> dmi:bvnIntelCorp.:bvrGKPPT10H.86A.0036.2012.1213.1503:bd12/13/2012:svn:pn:pvr:rvnIntelCorporation:rnDCP847SKE:rvrG80890-102:cvn:ct3:cvr:
>>
>> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
>>
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/paprefs/+bug/1844902/+subscriptions
>>
>

and this
Oct 1 13:21:55 david-desktop pulseaudio[1830]: [pulseaudio] authkey.c:
Failed to open cookie file '/home/david/.config/pulse/cookie': No such file
or directory
Oct 1 13:21:55 david-desktop pulseaudio[1830]: [pulseaudio] authkey.c:
Failed to load authentication key '/home/david/.config/pulse/cookie': No
such file or directory
Oct 1 13:21:55 david-desktop pulseaudio[1830]: [pulseaudio] authkey.c:
Failed to open cookie file '/home/david/.pulse-cookie': No such file or
directory
Oct 1 13:21:55 david-desktop pulseaudio[1830]: [pulseaudio] authkey.c:
Failed to load authentication key '/home/david/.pulse-cookie': No such file
or directory

but there is /home/david/.config/pulse/cookie but no
/home/david/.pulse-cookie

*Your reason and your passion are the rudder and the sails of your
seafaring soul.*
*Kahlil Gibran*

On Tue, Oct 1, 2019 at 1:32 PM David Wise <email address hidden> wrote:

> also found this in syslog
> david-desktop pulseaudio[2299]: [pulseaudio] backend-ofono.c: Failed to
> register as a handsfree audio agent with ofono:
> org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.ofono was not
> provided by any .service files
>
> *Your reason and your passion are the rudder and the sails of your
> seafaring soul.*
> *Kahlil Gibran*
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 1, 2019 at 1:30 PM David Wise <email address hidden> wrote:
>
>> no change - found a pid in var/run/user/1000/pulse contains value 2299
>> thanks for help by the way
>>
>> *Your reason and your passion are the rudder and the sails of your
>> seafaring soul.*
>> *Kahlil Gibran*
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 1, 2019 at 12:30 PM Daniel van Vugt <
>> <email address hidden>> wrote:
>>
>>> OK, keep those files removed.
>>>
>>> The issue of 'pa_pid_file_create() failed' looks like a stale .pid
>>> somewhere. Either from a previous session or from root if somehow you've
>>> configured a separate instance for daemon mode.
>>>
>>> First please try removing your local config:
>>>
>>> rm -rf ~/.config/pulse
>>>
>>> and then reboot.
>>>
>>> If it still doesn't work then you need to look for files ending in
>>> 'pid', probably under /var/
>>>
>>> --
>>> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
>>> report.
>>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1844902
>>>
>>> Title:
>>> Pulseaudio broken after installing 'paprefs'
>>>
>>> Status in paprefs package in Ubuntu:
>>> New
>>>
>>> Bug description:
>>> after the update on 21/9/19 of pulseaudio to 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.10 I get
>>> no sound and when killing the demon it restarts with the following
>>> error - [pulseaudio] main.c: pa_pid_file_create() failed. Reboot does
>>> not restore sound.
>>>
>>> ProblemType: Bug
>>> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
>>> Package: pulseaudio 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.10
>>> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-157.185-generic 4.4.181
>>> Uname: Linux 4.4.0-157-generic x86_64
>>> ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.19
>>> Architecture: amd64
>>> AudioDevicesInUse:
>>> USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
>>> /dev/snd/controlC1: david 1745 F.... pulseaudio
>>> /dev/snd/controlC0: david 1745 F.... pulseaudio
>>> CurrentDesktop: Unity
>>> Date: Sun Sep 22 11:05:48 2019
>>> ...

Just some more info
* sound works with bluetooth speaker
* log out and log in produces the start up drum beat and then sound stops
again
* might be HDMI hardware problem?

cheers

*Your reason and your passion are the rudder and the sails of your
seafaring soul.*
*Kahlil Gibran*

On Tue, Oct 1, 2019 at 10:37 AM David Wise <email address hidden> wrote:

> Hi Daniel - removed those packages - after the problem I did install
> paprefs to see if I could use to see the configuration of pulseaudio and
> see if anything wrong - was no help.
>
> Still get this
> david@david-desktop:~$ pulseaudio -k
> david@david-desktop:~$ pulseaudio -v
> I: [pulseaudio] main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_NICE, (31, 31)) failed: Operation
> not permitted
> I: [pulseaudio] main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_RTPRIO, (9, 9)) failed: Operation
> not permitted
> I: [pulseaudio] core-util.c: Successfully gained nice level -11.
> I: [pulseaudio] main.c: This is PulseAudio 8.0
> I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Page size is 4096 bytes
> I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Machine ID is 427e6f43267740cea72726e16c53a1cc.
> I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Session ID is c2.
> I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Using runtime directory /run/user/1000/pulse.
> I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Using state directory /home/david/.config/pulse.
> I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Using modules directory /usr/lib/pulse-8.0/modules.
> I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Running in system mode: no
> E: [pulseaudio] pid.c: Daemon already running.
> E: [pulseaudio] main.c: pa_pid_file_create() failed.
>
> I do get a brief sound output during boot - the startup sound then it dies
>
> cheers
>
> *Your reason and your passion are the rudder and the sails of your
> seafaring soul.*
> *Kahlil Gibran*
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 30, 2019 at 8:02 PM Daniel van Vugt <
> <email address hidden>> wrote:
>
>> Thanks. I think the relevant update was:
>>
>> Start-Date: 2019-09-21 17:34:40
>> Commandline: apt install paprefs
>> Requested-By: david (1000)
>> Install: gnome-icon-theme:amd64 (3.12.0-1ubuntu3, automatic),
>> paprefs:amd64 (0.9.10-2), pulseaudio-module-zeroconf:amd64
>> (1:8.0-0ubuntu3.10, automatic), libglademm-2.4-1v5:amd64 (2.6.7-5,
>> automatic), libgtkmm-2.4-1v5:amd64 (1:2.24.4-2, automatic),
>> pulseaudio-module-gconf:amd64 (1:8.0-0ubuntu3.10, automatic),
>> libgconfmm-2.6-1v5:amd64 (2.28.3-0ubuntu3, automatic)
>> End-Date: 2019-09-21 17:34:48
>>
>> That wasn't a system update really. It looks like you installed
>> something like 'paprefs' manually, which might then automatically
>> install 'pulseaudio-module-gconf' and 'pulseaudio-module-zeroconf'.
>>
>> I don't really know if any of those are broken or just not configured
>> correctly, but it sounds like you just need to uninstall them:
>>
>> sudo apt remove paprefs pulseaudio-module-zeroconf pulseaudio-module-
>> gconf
>>
>> or something like that.
>>
>> ** Summary changed:
>>
>> - Pulseaudio broken after update
>> + Pulseaudio broken after installing 'paprefs'
>>
>> ** Package changed: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) => paprefs (Ubuntu)
>>
>> ** Changed in: paprefs (Ubuntu)
>> Status: Incomplete => New
>>
>> --
>> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
>> report.
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/b...