Pulseaudio help with Ubuntu 8:10.

[bejiitas_wrath]

Hello.

I am using a version of Ubuntu 8:10 that came on the Linux format magazine DVD a while ago and I am using pulseaudio with Gnome, but I have not been able to get it to detect my soundcard.

pulseaudio -vvv

I: main.c: PolicyKit refuses acquire-high-priority privilige.
I: main.c: We're in the group 'pulse-rt', allowing real-time and high-priority scheduling.
I: core-util.c: Successfully gained nice level -11.
W: ltdl-bind-now.c: Failed to find original dlopen loader.
E: pid.c: Daemon already running.
E: main.c: pa_pid_file_create() failed.

When I double click on the volume control icon on the notification area, I get the message that there are not devices found for gstreamer.

My machine boots to a text console and when I am using that I can use alsamixer and play music with mplayer, but when I use Gnome I have no sound.

cat /etc/group
root:x:0:
daemon:x:1:
bin:x:2:
sys:x:3:
adm:x:4:makron
tty:x:5:
disk:x:6:
lp:x:7:
mail:x:8:
news:x:9:
uucp:x:10:
man:x:12:
proxy:x:13:
kmem:x:15:
dialout:x:20:makron
fax:x:21:
voice:x:22:
cdrom:x:24:makron
floppy:x:25:
tape:x:26:
sudo:x:27:
audio:x:29:pulse:makron
dip:x:30:
www-data:x:33:
backup:x:34:
operator:x:37:
list:x:38:
irc:x:39:
src:x:40:
gnats:x:41:
shadow:x:42:
utmp:x:43:
video:x:44:
sasl:x:45:
plugdev:x:46:makron
staff:x:50:
games:x:60:
users:x:100:makron
nogroup:x:65534:
libuuid:x:101:
syslog:x:102:
klog:x:103:
scanner:x:104:
nvram:x:105:
fuse:x:106:
ssl-cert:x:107:
lpadmin:x:108:makron
crontab:x:109:
mlocate:x:110:
ssh:x:111:
avahi-autoipd:x:112:
gdm:x:113:
netdev:x:114:makron
pulse:x:115:makron
pulse-access:x:116:makron
pulse-rt:x:117:makron
saned:x:118:
messagebus:x:119:
polkituser:x:120:
avahi:x:121:
haldaemon:x:122:
admin:x:123:makron
sambashare:x:124:makron
makron:x:500:

[reed9]

Unfortunately, sound troubles can be some of the most complicated to figure out.

Since alsa seems to be working find with your card, you can use it instead of pulseaudio.
Howto solve all PulseAudio-related issues in Ubuntu|Ubuntu Geek

Or even remove it.
How to Remove Pulse Audio Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) |Ubuntu Geek

E: pid.c: Daemon already running.

Before starting pulseaudio in verbose mode to troubleshoot, you should kill the daemon.

killall pulseaudio
pulseaudio -vvv

Long thread about troubleshooting sound.
[ubuntu] [SOLVED] Multiple Sound Solution (ALSA w Pulseaudio) - Ubuntu Forums

[bejiitas_wrath]

I have got pulseaudio to load, but I try to play something in totem and the volume icon is greyed out. I have the pulseaudio icon in the system tray and I can click that and the menu comes down and I can configure all of my devices and it tells me it is using my soundcard with alsa. There is just no sound, the gnome-volume-control only shows the master control. But if I go back to using alsa only then I could have no sound in firefox.