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 Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to pulseaudio in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1292438 Title: BETA 14.04 cant connect to PulseAudio server Status in “pulseaudio” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: 1) Install Ubuntustudio 64 bit 14.04 Beta 1 (Alpha) Feb 24 2) reboot etc result: Sound system works properly 3) Install all the latest updates as of Mar 14, 3.13.0-17-lowlatency kernel 4) reboot etc result: Sound System no longer works anything that tries to connect to the PulseAudio server, including the Volume Contol, hangs... Expected: PulseAudio should still work after the update Note: JACK is still usable. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: pulseaudio 1:4.0-0ubuntu10 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-17.37-lowlatency 3.13.6 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-17-lowlatency x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.13.3-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: em 1829 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: em 1829 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Fri Mar 14 02:45:02 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-14 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Studio 14.04 "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140224) PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: Daemon not responding. SourcePackage: pulseaudio UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 11/11/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.bios.version: F.23 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: 1641 dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.board.version: 67.32 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.23:bd11/11/2010:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPPaviliondv7NotebookPC:pvr0589120000242B20000020100:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn1641:rvr67.32:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvrN/A: dmi.product.name: HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC dmi.product.version: 0589120000242B20000020100 dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1292438/+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
