Pulse audio doesn't start on boot unless i run some commands

Question

as the title says, pulse audio doesn't start when booting. I need to run

rm -rf /tmp/pulse* ~/.pulse* ~/.config/pulse
pulseaudio -k
pulseaudio --start

in order for it to start. I have even put these commands on an .sh and made this script to run on boot but it doesn's work unless i execute this file manually, sometimes i even have to run it twice.

OS: Manjaro Linux with i3
Pulseaudio: pulseaudio 13.0-dirty
Audio Devices: 00:03.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Audio Controller (rev 09) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP High Definition Audio Controller (rev 03)

[+] Discord and Godot Engine can find any input or output devices!

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score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 30 '19 at 20:41

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Have you set up pulseaudio daemon in startup?

If not you can set up using following (depending on your linux version)

systemctl enable pulseaudio and systemctl start pulseaudio

answered Oct 30 '19 at 20:41

Anil_M

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i get this error ``Failed to enable unit: Unit file pulseaudio.service does not exist. `` – Panos Trak Oct 31 '19 at 19:06
can u check if pulseaudio is installed ? – Anil_M Nov 02 '19 at 05:01
yes it is ``> which pulseaudio`` ``/usr/bin/pulseaudio`` – Panos Trak Nov 02 '19 at 13:59
and ``> pulseaudio --version`` ``pulseaudio 13.0-dirty`` – Panos Trak Nov 02 '19 at 13:59
see if u can setup service manually, Here's a link on howto: https://blog.frd.mn/how-to-set-up-proper-startstop-services-ubuntu-debian-mac-windows/ – Anil_M Nov 04 '19 at 18:15

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 19 '20 at 11:28

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I had the same issue with pulseaudio on my Manjaro with i3. The problem was with .i3/config, I just commented line:

exec --no-startup-id pulseaudio

Also, you can try to restart pulseaudio after boot by adding this line to .i3/config:

exec --no-startup-id systemctl --user restart pulseadio

edited Mar 19 '20 at 11:28

colidyre

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answered Mar 19 '20 at 10:25

Oleksii

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Pulse audio doesn't start on boot unless i run some commands

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