Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. Ubuntu 11.10 (oneiric) reached end-of-life on May 9, 2013.
See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases We appreciate that this bug may be old and you might not be interested in discussing it any more. But if you are then please upgrade to the latest Ubuntu version and re-test. ** Changed in: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- 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/872992 Title: pulseaudio cannot start local D-Bus server Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: When I log in, pulseaudio is not started. If I try to start it in a terminal, I get the following error: E: [pulseaudio] module-dbus-protocol.c: dbus_server_listen() failed: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.BadAddress: Abstract socket name too long E: [pulseaudio] module-dbus-protocol.c: Starting the local D-Bus server failed. E: [pulseaudio] module.c: Failed to load module "module-dbus-protocol" (argument: ""): initialization failed. E: [pulseaudio] main.c: Module load failed. E: [pulseaudio] main.c: Failed to initialize daemon. DRILLINGINFO\gsymons@GSYMONS-DESKTOP p1 ~> lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 11.10 Release: 11.10 apt-cache policy pulseaudio pulseaudio: Installed: 1:1.0-0ubuntu3 Candidate: 1:1.0-0ubuntu3 Version table: *** 1:1.0-0ubuntu3 0 990 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1:0.9.22+stable-queue-24-g67d18-0ubuntu3.1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-updates/main amd64 Packages 1:0.9.22+stable-queue-24-g67d18-0ubuntu3 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main amd64 Packages To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/872992/+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
