not sure about that - I can certainly control everything with pavucontrol certainly seems to be running
hob 2180 0.0 0.2 428516 22628 ? S<l 07:08 0:22 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog hob 19292 0.0 0.0 16664 2136 pts/1 S+ 17:37 0:00 grep --color=auto pulseaudio I did at one point notice a segfault for indicator-sound in dmesg -- 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/1412060 Title: Indicator sound fails to start with Asus Xonar Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Replaced Audigy with Xonar. Clean installed to new drive and partition. sound indicator fails to start upstart --user --startup-event indicator-services-start tries to start indicator - space in indicators shows where it is, clicking and menu doesn't appear ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 Package: indicator-sound 12.10.2+15.04.20141105-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.18.0-9.10-generic 3.18.2 Uname: Linux 3.18.0-9-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.15.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Sat Jan 17 21:37:27 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-01-09 (8 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Alpha amd64 (20150108) SourcePackage: indicator-sound UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1412060/+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