Public bug reported: It seems that with Ubuntu 20.10, Pulseaudio now tries to start as main user too early, before user logs in and the home partition is decrypted. Probably pulseaudio should not start as main user before login of this user.
Starting pulseaudio manually after login works. grep 'pulseaudio' /var/log/syslog Feb 24 10:52:31 aziber systemd[1451]: Not generating service for XDG autostart app-pulseaudio-autostart.service, startup phases are not supported. Feb 24 10:52:31 aziber dbus-daemon[972]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.RealtimeKit1' unit='rtkit-daemon.service' requested by ':1.30' (uid=123 pid=1497 comm="/usr/bin/pulseaudio --daemonize=no --log-target=jo" label="unconfined") Feb 24 10:52:38 aziber systemd[3631]: Not generating service for XDG autostart app-pulseaudio-autostart.service, startup phases are not supported. Feb 24 10:52:38 aziber pulseaudio[3690]: Failed to create secure directory (/home/anton/.config/pulse): No such file or directory Feb 24 10:52:38 aziber systemd[3609]: pulseaudio.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Feb 24 10:52:38 aziber systemd[3609]: pulseaudio.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Feb 24 10:52:38 aziber systemd[3609]: pulseaudio.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 1. Feb 24 10:52:38 aziber pulseaudio[3899]: Failed to create secure directory (/home/anton/.config/pulse): No such file or directory Feb 24 10:52:38 aziber systemd[3609]: pulseaudio.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Feb 24 10:52:38 aziber systemd[3609]: pulseaudio.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Feb 24 10:52:39 aziber systemd[3609]: pulseaudio.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 2. Feb 24 10:52:39 aziber pulseaudio[4128]: Failed to create secure directory (/home/anton/.config/pulse): No such file or directory Feb 24 10:52:39 aziber systemd[3609]: pulseaudio.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Feb 24 10:52:39 aziber systemd[3609]: pulseaudio.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Feb 24 10:52:39 aziber systemd[3609]: pulseaudio.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 3. Feb 24 10:52:39 aziber pulseaudio[4311]: Failed to create secure directory (/home/anton/.config/pulse): No such file or directory Feb 24 10:52:39 aziber systemd[3609]: pulseaudio.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Feb 24 10:52:39 aziber systemd[3609]: pulseaudio.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Feb 24 10:52:39 aziber systemd[3609]: pulseaudio.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 4. Feb 24 10:52:39 aziber pulseaudio[4493]: Failed to create secure directory (/home/anton/.config/pulse): No such file or directory Feb 24 10:52:39 aziber systemd[3609]: pulseaudio.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Feb 24 10:52:39 aziber systemd[3609]: pulseaudio.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Feb 24 10:52:39 aziber systemd[3609]: pulseaudio.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 5. Feb 24 10:52:39 aziber systemd[3609]: pulseaudio.service: Start request repeated too quickly. Feb 24 10:52:39 aziber systemd[3609]: pulseaudio.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Feb 24 10:52:39 aziber systemd[3609]: pulseaudio.socket: Failed with result 'service-start-limit-hit'. Feb 24 10:52:42 aziber pulseaudio.desktop[5720]: Connection failure: Connection refused Feb 24 10:52:42 aziber pulseaudio.desktop[5720]: pa_context_connect() failed: Connection refused Feb 24 10:52:42 aziber gnome-session[5663]: gnome-session-binary[5663]: WARNING: App 'pulseaudio.desktop' exited with code 1 Feb 24 10:52:42 aziber gnome-session-binary[5663]: WARNING: App 'pulseaudio.desktop' exited with code 1 Feb 24 10:52:42 aziber systemd[3609]: app-gnome-pulseaudio-5715.scope: Failed to add PIDs to scope's control group: No such process Feb 24 10:52:42 aziber systemd[3609]: app-gnome-pulseaudio-5715.scope: Failed with result 'resources'. Feb 24 10:52:45 aziber systemd[1432]: pulseaudio.service: Succeeded. Feb 24 10:52:55 aziber systemd[1432]: pulseaudio.socket: Succeeded. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10 Package: pulseaudio 1:13.99.2-1ubuntu2.3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-44.50-generic 5.8.18 Uname: Linux 5.8.0-44-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu50.5 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/snd/by-path', '/dev/snd/controlC0', '/dev/snd/hwC0D0', '/dev/snd/hwC0D2', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D5p', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D4p', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D3p', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D1c', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D1p', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0c', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D7c', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D6c', '/dev/snd/seq', '/dev/snd/timer'] failed with exit code 1: CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Wed Feb 24 10:57:51 2021 InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-11-29 (452 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.04 "Disco Dingo" - Release amd64 (20190416) PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon. SourcePackage: pulseaudio UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to groovy on 2020-10-25 (121 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 01/09/2020 dmi.bios.release: 1.54 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: AUCN54WW dmi.board.asset.tag: NO Asset Tag dmi.board.name: LNVNB161216 dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: SDK0R32862 WIN dmi.chassis.asset.tag: NO Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 31 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Lenovo Yoga C940-14IIL dmi.ec.firmware.release: 1.43 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrAUCN54WW:bd01/09/2020:br1.54:efr1.43:svnLENOVO:pn81Q9:pvrLenovoYogaC940-14IIL:rvnLENOVO:rnLNVNB161216:rvrSDK0R32862WIN:cvnLENOVO:ct31:cvrLenovoYogaC940-14IIL: dmi.product.family: Yoga C940-14IIL dmi.product.name: 81Q9 dmi.product.sku: LENOVO_MT_81Q9_BU_idea_FM_Yoga C940-14IIL dmi.product.version: Lenovo Yoga C940-14IIL dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO ** Affects: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug groovy -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1916722 Title: Pulseaudio fails to start after reboot if home partition is encrypted To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1916722/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs