Public bug reported: Running the following as part of an lxc unprivileged container setup (see [1]) used to work fine:
pactl load-module module-native-protocol-unix auth-anonymous=1 socket=$PULSE_PATH However, as of today, this fails. Looking in syslog I see: ___________________________________________________________ Jun 16 09:30:33 faire pulseaudio[25352]: [pulseaudio] socket-server.c: bind(): Adresse déjà utilisée Jun 16 09:30:33 faire pulseaudio[25352]: [pulseaudio] module.c: Failed to load module "module-esound-protocol-unix" (argument: ""): initialization failed. Jun 16 09:30:33 faire pulseaudio[25352]: [pulseaudio] main.c: Module load failed. Jun 16 09:30:33 faire pulseaudio[25352]: [pulseaudio] main.c: Échec lors de l'initialisation du démon Jun 16 09:30:33 faire pulseaudio[25349]: [pulseaudio] main.c: Échec lors du démarrage du démon. Jun 16 09:30:34 faire pulseaudio[25365]: [pulseaudio] socket-server.c: bind(): Adresse déjà utilisée ___________________________________________________________ The solution for me as to remove the esound compat module: $ sudo apt-get remove pulseaudio-esound-compat [1] - https://www.stgraber.org/2014/02/09/lxc-1-0-gui-in-containers/ ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10 Package: pulseaudio 1:4.0-0ubuntu12 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.15.0-6.11-generic 3.15.0 Uname: Linux 3.15.0-6-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.3-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Mon Jun 16 09:33:38 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-11 (65 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Daily amd64 (20140409) SourcePackage: pulseaudio UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to utopic on 2014-05-08 (38 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 02/10/2014 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: GJET71WW (2.21 ) dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available dmi.board.name: 20AQCTO1WW dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: 0B98405 STD dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Not Available dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrGJET71WW(2.21):bd02/10/2014:svnLENOVO:pn20AQCTO1WW:pvrThinkPadT440s:rvnLENOVO:rn20AQCTO1WW:rvr0B98405STD:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.name: 20AQCTO1WW dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T440s dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO ** Affects: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug utopic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1330387 Title: 'pactl load-module module-native-protocol-unix' tries to autoload module-esound-protocol-unix which now fails To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1330387/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs