pulseaudio doesn't work permanently

Question

I use pulseaudio on Ubuntu. After I start pulseaudio daemon using pulseaudio --start command, it starts working well. But it doesn't work permanently. It turns off very soon. So I have to retype pulseaudio --start every time I want to play music.

Additional information

When I check the list of processes related to pulseaudio, I find it working as a system daemon:

$ps -alx | grep pulse

~ UID ~ COMMAND

~ 108 ~ pulseaudio --system

~ 998 ~ pulseaudio --system

I can't understand why processes work as system in other user.

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 18 '17 at 07:35

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According to the man page, the pulseaudio server can be started with the option --exit-idle-time that defines the time after which the daemon terminates when being idle. Setting this option with -1 should keep the daemon alive.

answered Apr 18 '17 at 07:35

bunto1

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 14 '18 at 19:21

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try it:

systemctl --user enable pulseaudio && systemctl --user start pulseaudio

edited Apr 14 '18 at 19:21

Stephen Kennedy

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answered Apr 14 '18 at 19:12

Dogukan Karaciger

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pulseaudio doesn't work permanently

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