Bug#992856: pulseaudio: Pulseaudio does not automatically start on newer kernel

[Marco Balmer]

Package: pulseaudio
Version: 14.2-2
Followup-For: Bug #992856

I confirm this bug.

After starting pulseaudio manually
$ pulseaudio --start
audio is working.

How can I workarround this problem?

-- Package-specific info:
File '/etc/default/pulseaudio' does not exist


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 11.0
  APT prefers stable-security
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 5.10.0-8-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=de_CH.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_CH.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages pulseaudio depends on:
ii  adduser  3.118
ii  init-system-helpers  1.60
ii  libasound2   1.2.4-1.1
ii  libasound2-plugins   1.2.2-2
ii  libc62.31-13
ii  libcap2  1:2.44-1
ii  libdbus-1-3  1.12.20-2
ii  libgcc-s110.2.1-6
ii  libice6  2:1.0.10-1
ii  libltdl7 2.4.6-15
ii  liborc-0.4-0 1:0.4.32-1
ii  libpulse014.2-2
ii  libsm6   2:1.2.3-1
ii  libsndfile1  1.0.31-2
ii  libsoxr0 0.1.3-4
ii  libspeexdsp1 1.2~rc1.2-1.1
ii  libstdc++6   10.2.1-6
ii  libsystemd0  247.3-6
ii  libtdb1  1.4.3-1+b1
ii  libudev1 247.3-6
ii  libwebrtc-audio-processing1  0.3-1+b1
ii  libx11-6 2:1.7.2-1
ii  libx11-xcb1  2:1.7.2-1
ii  libxcb1  1.14-3
ii  libxtst6 2:1.2.3-1
ii  lsb-base 11.1.0
ii  pulseaudio-utils 14.2-2

Versions of packages pulseaudio recommends:
ii  dbus-user-session1.12.20-2
ii  libpam-systemd [logind]  247.3-6
ii  rtkit0.13-4

Versions of packages pulseaudio suggests:
pn  paprefs  
pn  pavucontrol  
pn  pavumeter
ii  udev 247.3-6

-- no debconf information
# This file is part of PulseAudio.
#
# PulseAudio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# PulseAudio is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
# General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
# along with PulseAudio; if not, see .

## Configuration file for PulseAudio clients. See pulse-client.conf(5) for
## more information. Default values are commented out.  Use either ; or # for
## commenting.

; default-sink =
; default-source =
; default-server =
; default-dbus-server =

; autospawn = yes
; daemon-binary = /usr/bin/pulseaudio
; extra-arguments = --log-target=syslog

; cookie-file =

; enable-shm = yes
; shm-size-bytes = 0 # setting this 0 will use the system-default, usually 64 
MiB

; auto-connect-localhost = no
; auto-connect-display = no
# This file is part of PulseAudio.
#
# PulseAudio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# PulseAudio is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
# General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
# along with PulseAudio; if not, see .

## Configuration file for the PulseAudio daemon. See pulse-daemon.conf(5) for
## more information. Default values are commented out.  Use either ; or # for
## commenting.

; daemonize = no
; fail = yes
; allow-module-loading = yes
; allow-exit = yes
; use-pid-file = yes
; system-instance = no
; local-server-type = user
; enable-shm = yes
; enable-memfd = yes
; shm-size-bytes = 0 # setting this 0 will use the system-default, usually 64 
MiB
; lock-memory = no
; cpu-limit = no

; high-priority = yes
; nice-level = -11

; realtime-scheduling = yes
; realtime-priority = 5

; exit-idle-time = 20
; scache-idle-time = 20

; dl-search-path = (depends on architecture)

; load-default-script-file = yes
; default-script-file = /etc/pulse/default.pa

; log-target = auto
; log-level = notice
; log-meta = no
; log-time = no
; log-backtrace = 0

; resample-method = speex-float-1
; avoid-

Bug#992856: pulseaudio: Pulseaudio does not automatically start on newer kernel

[Pierre-Yves Luyten]

Package: pulseaudio
Version: 14.2-2
Severity: normal

Since upgrade to bullseye, I noticed pulseaudio is not automatically started.
For example in GNOME preferences sound preferences are empty, pavucontrol does
not start.

If i manually start pulseaudio like below, then i can see the sound
preferences, or use pa related tools.
$ pulseaudio

I run into the default kernel.

# uname -r
5.10.0-8-amd64

I noticed if i boot under an older kernel, pulseaudio is started automatically,
the bug does not happen. I picked a random one for testing, linux-
image-4.19.0-17-amd64.

Please tell me what additional information could i provide to help?


-- Package-specific info:
File '/etc/default/pulseaudio' does not exist


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 11.0
  APT prefers stable-security
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 5.10.0-8-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.utf8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages pulseaudio depends on:
ii  adduser  3.118
ii  init-system-helpers  1.60
ii  libasound2   1.2.4-1.1
ii  libasound2-plugins   1.2.2-2
ii  libc62.31-13
ii  libcap2  1:2.44-1
ii  libdbus-1-3  1.12.20-2
ii  libgcc-s110.2.1-6
ii  libice6  2:1.0.10-1
ii  libltdl7 2.4.6-15
ii  liborc-0.4-0 1:0.4.32-1
ii  libpulse014.2-2
ii  libsm6   2:1.2.3-1
ii  libsndfile1  1.0.31-2
ii  libsoxr0 0.1.3-4
ii  libspeexdsp1 1.2~rc1.2-1.1
ii  libstdc++6   10.2.1-6
ii  libsystemd0  247.3-6
ii  libtdb1  1.4.3-1+b1
ii  libudev1 247.3-6
ii  libwebrtc-audio-processing1  0.3-1+b1
ii  libx11-6 2:1.7.2-1
ii  libx11-xcb1  2:1.7.2-1
ii  libxcb1  1.14-3
ii  libxtst6 2:1.2.3-1
ii  lsb-base 11.1.0
ii  pulseaudio-utils 14.2-2

Versions of packages pulseaudio recommends:
ii  dbus-user-session1.12.20-2
ii  libpam-systemd [logind]  247.3-6
pn  rtkit

Versions of packages pulseaudio suggests:
pn  paprefs  
ii  pavucontrol  4.0-2
pn  pavumeter
ii  udev 247.3-6

-- no debconf information
# This file is part of PulseAudio.
#
# PulseAudio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# PulseAudio is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
# General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
# along with PulseAudio; if not, see .

## Configuration file for PulseAudio clients. See pulse-client.conf(5) for
## more information. Default values are commented out.  Use either ; or # for
## commenting.

; default-sink =
; default-source =
; default-server =
; default-dbus-server =

; autospawn = yes
; daemon-binary = /usr/bin/pulseaudio
; extra-arguments = --log-target=syslog

; cookie-file =

; enable-shm = yes
; shm-size-bytes = 0 # setting this 0 will use the system-default, usually 64 
MiB

; auto-connect-localhost = no
; auto-connect-display = no
# This file is part of PulseAudio.
#
# PulseAudio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# PulseAudio is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
# General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
# along with PulseAudio; if not, see .

## Configuration file for the PulseAudio daemon. See pulse-daemon.conf(5) for
## more information. Default values are commented out.  Use either ; or # for
## commenting.

; daemonize = no
; fail = yes
; allow-module-loading = yes
; allow-exit = yes
; use-pid-file = yes
; system-instance = no
; local-server-type = user
; enable-shm = yes
; enable-memfd = yes
; shm-size-bytes = 0 # setting this 0 will use the system-default, usually 64 
MiB
; lock-memory = no
; cpu-limit = no

; high-priority = yes
;