Output from said commands:
graham@watson-laptop:~$ sudo killall pulseaudio [sudo] password for graham: graham@watson-laptop:~$ sudo alsa --help Usage: /sbin/alsa {unload|reload|force-unload|force-reload|suspend|resume} graham@watson-laptop:~$ sudo alsa force-reload lsof: WARNING: can't stat() fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon file system /home/graham/.gvfs Output information may be incomplete. Terminating processes: 2095lsof: WARNING: can't stat() fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon file system /home/graham/.gvfs Output information may be incomplete. lsof: WARNING: can't stat() fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon file system /home/graham/.gvfs Output information may be incomplete. . lsof: WARNING: can't stat() fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon file system /home/graham/.gvfs Output information may be incomplete. Unloading ALSA sound driver modules: snd-hda-codec-hdmi snd-hda-codec-idt snd-hda-intel snd-hda-codec snd-hwdep snd-pcm snd-seq-midi snd-rawmidi snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq snd-timer snd-seq-device snd-page-alloc (failed: modules still loaded: snd-hda-codec-hdmi snd-hda-codec-idt snd-hda-codec snd-hwdep snd-pcm snd-timer snd-page-alloc). Loading ALSA sound driver modules: snd-hda-codec-hdmi snd-hda-codec-idt snd-hda-intel snd-hda-codec snd-hwdep snd-pcm snd-seq-midi snd-rawmidi snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq snd-timer snd-seq-device snd-page-alloc. graham@watson-laptop:~$ pulseaudio -D E: main.c: Daemon startup failed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/774376 Title: Sound recording doesn't work until I manually restart pulseaudio and alsa -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs