Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. Ubuntu 8.10 (intrepid) reached end-of-life on April 30, 2010.
See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases Please upgrade to the latest version and re-test. ** Changed in: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to pulseaudio in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/309724 Title: no sound after fast switching between logged in users Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Binary package hint: pulseaudio suddenly, after several "fast switching" between users (that are logged in for several days) sound breaks and there is no sound. no specific consistence and not a specific application causing this i just suddenly notice i can not play sounds from within flash objects in FF3 of play sound from totem or mplayer ... restarting the alsa sound drivers does not help /etc/init.d/alsa-utils restart * Shutting down ALSA... [ OK ] * Setting up ALSA... [ OK ] ( i am a root user, but also from a simple user that is the same case) killall pulseaudio pulseaudio: no process killed root@family:~# /usr/bin/pulseaudio --system -D W: ltdl-bind-now.c: Failed to find original dlopen loader. also... /usr/bin/pulseaudio --system W: ltdl-bind-now.c: Failed to find original dlopen loader. E: pid.c: Daemon already running. E: main.c: pa_pid_file_create() failed. some times those commands work and i get sound but most of the time... those same commands does not work and i have to reboot (if i wish to hear sound) ========================= lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 8.10 Release: 8.10 ========================= apt-cache policy pulseaudio pulseaudio: Installed: 0.9.10-2ubuntu9.1 Candidate: 0.9.10-2ubuntu9.1 Version table: *** 0.9.10-2ubuntu9.1 0 500 http://il.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 0.9.10-2ubuntu9 0 500 http://il.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/309724/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp