did you disable autospawn before you kill pulseaudio ? you are not fast enough to start your pulseaudio server since another autospwan pulseaudio server is running
( 0.005| 0.000) E: [pulseaudio] pid.c: Daemon already running. ( 0.005| 0.000) E: [pulseaudio] main.c: pa_pid_file_create() failed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to pulseaudio in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1252804 Title: Sound repeat unexpectedly Status in “pulseaudio” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Sometimes sounds are repeated in short parts as if they were a remix. Now I appearanced that watching a film with totem and trying to change sound level, but it also happens during skype calls. It might be indicated by the sound of the soundlevel-changing bubble. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: alsa-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-13.20-generic 3.11.6 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-13-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: mate 2190 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/pcmC1D0p: mate 2190 F...m pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: mate 2190 F.... pulseaudio Date: Tue Nov 19 18:06:27 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-29 (20 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1) MarkForUpload: True PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: alsa-driver UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 10/24/2012 dmi.bios.vendor: Insyde Corp. dmi.bios.version: 6.20 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: Pumori dmi.board.vendor: AMD dmi.board.version: Base Board Version dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: OEM Chassis Manufacturer dmi.chassis.version: OEM Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnInsydeCorp.:bvr6.20:bd10/24/2012:svnTOSHIBA:pnSATELLITEC855D-15V:pvrPSKD6E-005004HU:rvnAMD:rnPumori:rvrBaseBoardVersion:cvnOEMChassisManufacturer:ct10:cvrOEMChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: SATELLITE C855D-15V dmi.product.version: PSKD6E-005004HU dmi.sys.vendor: TOSHIBA To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1252804/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp