It appears you are experiencing the old 25 second dbus timeout delay at least...
jan 30 12:26:08 hostname unity-settings-[1902]: Failed to connect to proxy jan 30 12:26:33 hostname unity-settings-[1902]: Failed to connect to proxy So I think this would be a duplicate of bug 1707828. ** Package changed: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) => unity-settings-daemon (Ubuntu) ** Summary changed: - change volume or mute it + Very long delay in responding to volume keys and Ctrl+Alt+T -- 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/1746277 Title: Very long delay in responding to volume keys and Ctrl+Alt+T Status in unity-settings-daemon package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: The keyboard sound funcitions aren't working when I try to use it, but a few minutes later, sometimes 5 minutes... sometimes 20 min; starts to work, turning the velumes up or down, mute on or off. I just realised that the other keyboard commands are working too much late after I use them, simple commands like Ctrl+Alt+T (for the terminal) etc. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: pulseaudio 1:10.0-2ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-32.35-generic 4.13.13 Uname: Linux 4.13.0-32-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.7 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: djeant 2000 F...m pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: djeant 2000 F.... pulseaudio Date: Tue Jan 30 13:50:54 2018 DistributionChannelDescriptor: # This is a distribution channel descriptor # For more information see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistributionChannelDescriptor canonical-oem-somerville-xenial-amd64-20160624-2 InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-01-29 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 "Xenial" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary 20160624-10:47 ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=pt_BR: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=pt_BR.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: Home directory not accessible: Permission denied No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon. SourcePackage: pulseaudio Symptom: audio UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to artful on 2018-01-30 (0 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 01/06/2017 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: 1.2.1 dmi.board.name: 07F37C dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A00 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr1.2.1:bd01/06/2017:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron3268:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn07F37C:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct3:cvr: dmi.product.family: Inspiron dmi.product.name: Inspiron 3268 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-settings-daemon/+bug/1746277/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
