Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. Ubuntu 16.10 (yakkety) reached end-of-life on July 20, 2017.
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: New => 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/1662147 Title: Cannot stop pulseaudio Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: I need to kill pulseaudio as I'm using Jackd instead. I don't want to delete it as I may need it back again. So far the only workaround I found was to delete /usr/bin/pulseaudio (or move it out of the way). norru@GBWWSRUNUBWS02:~$ pulseaudio -k norru@GBWWSRUNUBWS02:~$ ps -ef | grep pulse norru 29938 8557 0 11:27 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog norru 29940 29938 0 11:27 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog norru 29941 29940 0 11:27 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog norru 30111 29396 0 11:27 pts/0 00:00:00 grep --color=auto pulse norru@GBWWSRUNUBWS02:~$ ps -ef | grep pulse norru 29938 8557 0 11:27 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog norru 29940 29938 0 11:27 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog norru 29941 29940 0 11:27 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog norru 30230 29396 0 11:27 pts/0 00:00:00 grep --color=auto pulse norru@GBWWSRUNUBWS02:~$ ps -ef | grep pulse norru 29938 8557 0 11:27 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog norru 29940 29938 0 11:27 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog norru 29941 29940 0 11:27 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog norru 30250 28914 0 11:27 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog norru 30252 28942 0 11:27 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog norru 30297 29396 0 11:27 pts/0 00:00:00 grep --color=auto pulse norru@GBWWSRUNUBWS02:~$ ps -ef | grep pulse norru 29941 1 1 11:27 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog norru 30469 29396 0 11:27 pts/0 00:00:00 grep --color=auto pulse norru@GBWWSRUNUBWS02:~$ ps -ef | grep pulse norru 29941 1 0 11:27 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog norru 30486 29396 0 11:27 pts/0 00:00:00 grep --color=auto pulse norru@GBWWSRUNUBWS02:~$ pulseaudio -k norru@GBWWSRUNUBWS02:~$ ps -ef | grep pulse norru 30489 29396 0 11:27 pts/0 00:00:00 grep --color=auto pulse norru@GBWWSRUNUBWS02:~$ ps -ef | grep pulse norru 30493 1 0 11:27 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog norru 30506 29396 0 11:27 pts/0 00:00:00 grep --color=auto pulse norru@GBWWSRUNUBWS02:~$ ubuntu-bug pulseaudio norru@GBWWSRUNUBWS02:~$ sudo service pulseaudio stop norru@GBWWSRUNUBWS02:~$ ps -ef | grep pulse norru 30493 1 0 11:27 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog norru@GBWWSRUNUBWS02:~$ kill 30493 norru@GBWWSRUNUBWS02:~$ ps -ef | grep pulse norru 32318 1 1 11:32 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog norru@GBWWSRUNUBWS02:~$ kill -9 32318 norru@GBWWSRUNUBWS02:~$ ps -ef | grep pulse norru 32361 8557 0 11:34 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog norru 32363 32361 0 11:34 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog norru 32364 32363 1 11:34 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog norru@GBWWSRUNUBWS02:~$ ps -ef | grep pulse norru 32364 1 1 11:34 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog norru 32381 29396 0 11:34 pts/0 00:00:00 grep --color=auto pulse ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10 Package: pulseaudio 1:9.0-2ubuntu2.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-34.36-generic 4.8.11 Uname: Linux 4.8.0-34-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8.2 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: norru 30493 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: norru 30493 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: X-Cinnamon Date: Mon Feb 6 11:28:49 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-06-10 (606 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20150218.1) SourcePackage: pulseaudio UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2016-10-31 (97 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 10/15/2013 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 4502 dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.board.name: P9X79 dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr4502:bd10/15/2013:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnP9X79:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: System Product Name dmi.product.version: System Version dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1662147/+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
