As you suggested I removed ~/.pulse/* and ~/.pulse-cookie and logged in again. No improvement :( BTW, I also checked the applicable parts (AFAICT) of https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingSoundProblems (most is, sadly, about Alsa). E.g., I am a member of the pulse* groups
-- PulseAudio Sound Server: Failed to connect: Connection refused https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/207312 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs