I've got also some trouble with PulseAudio, but because of cdemu. On last upgrade of cdemu-daemon, I couldn't get any sound from my sound card, and applications such as Rhythmbox or VLC could crash randonly (but without sound anyway).
Actually, it was not related to PulseAudio, but to the configuration file /etc/libao.conf, which was set to "driver=alsa". If an application opens an alsa socket, there is a risk that no other application can play any sound. /etc/libao.conf must contain "driver=pulse" to get applications using libaio working with PulseAudio. Check your /etc/libao.conf configuration, and check if any of your package could use sound at startup (such as cdemu-daemon). Maybe this can help you. -- [8.10] no sound anymore https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/325547 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs