I have debian testing (lenny), and I had the same issue, with a similar strace report.
Aug 19 11:14:36 srv pulseaudio[4745]: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_NICE, (31, 31)) failed: Operation not permitted Aug 19 11:14:36 srv pulseaudio[4745]: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_RTPRIO, (9, 9)) failed: Operation not permitted Aug 19 11:14:36 srv pulseaudio[4745]: module-protocol-stub.c: Failed to create socket directory '/tmp/.esd/socket': Operation not permitted Aug 19 11:14:36 srv pulseaudio[4745]: module.c: Failed to load module "module-esound-protocol-unix" (argument: "socket="/tmp/.esd/socket""): initialization failed. Aug 19 11:14:36 srv pulseaudio[4745]: main.c: Module load failed. Aug 19 11:14:36 srv pulseaudio[4745]: main.c: Failed to initialize daemon. /tmp/.esd/socket file is exists in this folder. Pulseaudio version 0.9.10-2 -- pulseaudio esd wrapper is not working with gnome https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/108577 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
