Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. Ubuntu 13.04 (raring) reached end-of-life on January 27, 2014.
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 Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to pulseaudio in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1165045 Title: Pulseaudio becomes Zombie on boot Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: How to reproduce: 1. reset "/etc/pulse/client.conf" to factory-settings 2. reboot What is expected to happen: A running pulseaudio What actually happenes: The started pulseaudio instance is shown as being a (unkill able) zombie-process. If I change my "/etc/pulse/client.conf" the way pulseaudio dosn't respawn, I can however start pulseaudio by hand (it runs well after that). Attached is the output of "pulseaudio -vvvvv" (from my /var/log/syslog file). ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: pulseaudio 1:3.0-0ubuntu4b2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-16.26-generic 3.8.5 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-16-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: octavian 6400 F.... pulseaudio Date: Fri Apr 5 17:10:59 2013 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-04-01 (4 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha amd64 (20130328) MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: Daemon not responding. SourcePackage: pulseaudio UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 07/30/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: Insyde dmi.bios.version: F.12 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: 1486 dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.board.version: 83.1A dmi.chassis.asset.tag: CNU0250216 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnInsyde:bvrF.12:bd07/30/2010:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPTouchSmarttm2NotebookPC:pvr0489200000252A20001220000:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn1486:rvr83.1A:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: HP TouchSmart tm2 Notebook PC dmi.product.version: 0489200000252A20001220000 dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1165045/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

