On Thu, 2018-01-04 at 06:08 -0400, Patrick Boutilier wrote:
On 01/04/2018 05:48 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Thu, 2018-01-04 at 03:51 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
> > On 01/04/18 01:04, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > > After updating a bunch of kf5 packages this morning, sound no longer
> > > works. Using KDE under X11, the journal shows:
> > >
> > > Jan 03 16:21:16 bree pulseaudio[11942]: [pulseaudio] socket-server.c:
bind(): Address already in use
> > > Jan 03 16:21:16 bree pulseaudio[11942]: [pulseaudio] module.c: Failed to
load module "module-esound-protocol-unix" (argument: ""):
initialization failed.
> > > Jan 03 16:21:16 bree pulseaudio[11942]: [pulseaudio] main.c: Module load
failed.
> > > Jan 03 16:21:16 bree pulseaudio[11942]: [pulseaudio] main.c: Failed to
initialize daemon.
> > > Jan 03 16:21:16 bree pulseaudio[11939]: [pulseaudio] main.c: Daemon
startup failed.
> > >
> > > This repeats multiple times at regular intervals. The Plasma speaker
> > > volume widget shows a '-' sign and apps are silent.
> > >
> > > Using Gnome under X11, sound works correctly.
> > >
> > > Any ideas?
> >
> >
> > Ideas? Not really. I just wanted to note that I did the same update about
19hrs ago
> > and only because I hadn't done it in a while I rebooted. Everything is
just fine,
> > including sound. This system has only KDE installed.
>
> I rebooted and (touch wood) it seems to be working now. No idea why it
> failed as the update didn't touch the kernel and IIRC tracer didn't
> tell me to restart anything other than the login session.
Looks like there was already a pulseaudio running.
Jan 03 16:21:16 bree pulseaudio[11942]: [pulseaudio] socket-server.c:
bind(): Address already in use
Indeed, which raises the question of why there was an attempt to start
a new one. Anyway, it's solved now.
poc