The problem was I had the permissions on my home directory set to": drwx------ 31 bbb bbb 4096 2007-01-11 10:53 bbb
So returning back to system-wide readable directories: drw-r--r-- 44 bbb bbb 4096 2007-01-12 11:45 bbb pulseaudio started no problem. Thanks for all you help in tracking this down. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]