Hmmmm... ok. I didn't realize there was a second pulseaudio config. I have no idea how it got there, nor where it came from, and I do not recall ever setting it, but sure enough:
### Make some devices default #set-default-sink output set-default-source 2 set-source-mute 2 0 So this is likely cruft left over from an older version... to build this machine, I did a fresh Xenial install and then installed a backup of /home/$USER via rsync. However, I do not ever remember configuring this file at any point in the past, AND this worked just fine in Trusty, and also worked fine in Xenial until it stopped working, then it started working, then it stopped working. Is there some sort of race condition where ~/.pulse/default.pa may or may not be the default.pa Pulse uses? Anyway, I'm removing the file and restarting to see what happens. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to pulseaudio in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1547585 Title: Pulseaudio stopped working but sound still works at the low level (can be controlled with alsamixer) Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Not sure if it was an update or what that broke, but I suddenly have no ability to control sound. Sound settings no longer show any output devices and syslog is flooded with pulseaudio messages. Haven't tried a reboot, that's next. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: pulseaudio 1:8.0-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-6.21-generic 4.4.1 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-6-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c: bladernr 2773 F...m chrome /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: bladernr 2773 F...m chrome /dev/snd/controlC0: bladernr 2773 F.... chrome /dev/snd/timer: bladernr 2773 f.... chrome CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Fri Feb 19 11:10:11 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-02-11 (7 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Alpha amd64 (20160210) PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon. SourcePackage: pulseaudio UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 10/16/2015 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: F3 dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.board.name: Z170MX-Gaming 5 dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. dmi.board.version: x.x dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrF3:bd10/16/2015:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnZ170MX-Gaming5:pvrTobefilledbyO.E.M.:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnZ170MX-Gaming5:rvrx.x:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.: dmi.product.name: Z170MX-Gaming 5 dmi.product.version: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1547585/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
