[PLUG] Problem with pulseaudio at startup in Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS

[Amey Abhyankar]

Hello All,

On Wed, 11 Jan 2023 at 11:00, Amey Abhyankar <sco1984 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> Recently after applying a few system packages, I am facing an issue with
> "pulseaudio" daemon.
> The daemon doesn't start automatically at system boot up.
>

Surprisingly after fixing the other issue [1], pulseaudio issue got
resolved automatically = sudo apt install systemd:amd64
systemd-timesyncd:amd64

Regards,
Amey.

[1]
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1326056/after-latest-software-update-daemon-for-power-management-fails-to-start


>
> Every time I start back the system, I need to execute command = pulseadio
> --start from the terminal window & then only volume up/volume down/mute
> buttons will function.
>
> In addition, only if I start pulseaudio daemon, I get a prompt to select
> which kind of wired headset I am attaching to my DELL Latitude laptop.
>
> I tried to follow a few tweaks suggested at Ask Ubuntu but not helping.
>
> If I execute = systemctl --user enable pulseaudio
> Output = Failed to enable unit: Process org.freedesktop.systemd1 exited
> with status 1
>
> Output of systemctl --user status dbus.service =
> Failed to get properties: Process org.freedesktop.systemd1 exited with
> status
>
> Output of sudo systemctl status dbus.service =
> ● dbus.service - D-Bus System Message Bus
>      Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/dbus.service; static; vendor
> preset: e>
>      Active: active (running) since Wed 2023-01-11 10:23:21 IST; 29min ago
> TriggeredBy: ● dbus.socket
>        Docs: man:dbus-daemon(1)
>    Main PID: 688 (dbus-daemon)
>       Tasks: 1 (limit: 4915)
>      Memory: 4.6M
>
> Output of laptop1:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/dbus start =
> [sudo] password for amey:
> Starting dbus (via systemctl): dbus.serviceFailed to start dbus.service:
> Operation refused, unit dbus.service may be requested by dependency only
> (it is configured to refuse manual start/stop).
> See system logs and 'systemctl status dbus.service' for details.
>
> nohup log = dbus-daemon[5032]: [session uid=1000 pid=5032] Activated
> service 'org.freedesktop.systemd1' failed: Process org.freedesktop.systemd1
> exited with status 1
> A connection to the bus can't be made
>
> Any thoughts on how to fix this issue? Thanks.
>
> Regards,
> Amey.
>
>
>
>
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