Public bug reported: This concerns xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin 0.4.1-0ubuntu1 in Ubuntu 18.04/bionic.
In an Xfce desktop session, when this package is installed, and Pulseaudio is not active, I see a steady procession of these messages in ~/.xsession-errors: -------- (wrapper-2.0:2036): pulseaudio-plugin-WARNING **: 17:00:20.688: Disconected from the PulseAudio server. Attempting to reconnect in 5 seconds. (wrapper-2.0:2036): pulseaudio-plugin-WARNING **: 17:00:20.689: pa_context_connect() failed: Access denied (wrapper-2.0:2036): pulseaudio-plugin-WARNING **: 17:00:25.688: Disconected from the PulseAudio server. Attempting to reconnect in 5 seconds. (wrapper-2.0:2036): pulseaudio-plugin-WARNING **: 17:00:25.689: pa_context_connect() failed: Access denied (wrapper-2.0:2036): pulseaudio-plugin-WARNING **: 17:00:30.687: Disconected from the PulseAudio server. Attempting to reconnect in 5 seconds. (wrapper-2.0:2036): pulseaudio-plugin-WARNING **: 17:00:30.688: pa_context_connect() failed: Access denied (wrapper-2.0:2036): pulseaudio-plugin-WARNING **: 17:00:35.687: Disconected from the PulseAudio server. Attempting to reconnect in 5 seconds. (wrapper-2.0:2036): pulseaudio-plugin-WARNING **: 17:00:35.688: pa_context_connect() failed: Access denied -------- If the plugin is going to poll for Pulseaudio, it should print a warning at most once. An alternative reasonable behavior could be to exit altogether (since a PA volume control is useless without PA). ** Affects: xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1782843 Title: Error spam when pulseaudio is not active To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin/+bug/1782843/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs