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Does rm -fr ~/.pulse help ? Perhaps, it's the issue with updated pulseaudio trying to read files from old version. New configs should live in ~/.config/pulse

I have tried removing the ~/.pulse directory does not exist.

The problem lies with the permissions of the ~/.config/pulse directory which are rwx------ if I change the permissions to rwxr-x--- rwxr-xr-x before logging out and log back in the error message no longer appears.

After a reboot the ~/.config/pulse directory always defaults to rwx------ so the error always appears.

How come you have the line below:

Jan 28 13:57:19 telsa pulseaudio¹²⁷⁰: [ID 295310 user.error] [(null)] pid.c: Daemon already running.

Does someone know, why permissions matter, when pulseaudio run as user?

Hi,
I have upgrade to OpenIndiana Hipster 2017.04 Assembed on 01 May 2017 and illumos-dea5823132, however I am still having from problems with pulseaudio.
While I can use VLC to play video and audio, playing youtube videos works but I do not get any audio.
When I use the Sound control to adjust the settings it reports no devices and it is not possible to configure.

May 30 19:59:21 tesla pulseaudio¹⁹³¹: [ID 295310 user.error] [(null)] module-device-restore.c: Failed to open volume database '/home/russell/.config/pulse/ce41a7037b30eebdefda138d000000f5-device-volumes': I/O error
May 30 19:59:21 tesla pulseaudio¹⁹³¹: [ID 295310 user.error] [(null)] module.c: Failed to load module "module-device-restore" (argument: ""): initialization failed.
May 30 19:59:21 tesla pulseaudio¹⁹³¹: [ID 295310 user.error] [(null)] hook-list.c: Assertion '!slot->dead' failed at pulsecore/hook-list.c:83, function pa_hook_slot_free(). Aborting.
May 30 19:59:21 tesla pulseaudio¹⁹⁰⁵: [ID 295310 user.error] [(null)] main.c: Daemon startup failed.
May 30 19:59:22 tesla pulseaudio¹⁹⁵²: [ID 295310 user.error] [(null)] pid.c: Daemon already running.
May 30 20:08:11 tesla pulseaudio¹⁹⁴⁶: [ID 295310 user.error] [solaris] sink.c: Assertion '!pa_thread_mq_get()' failed at pulsecore/sink.c:2229, function pa_sink_set_mute(). Aborting.

After changing the permissions on the /home/russell/.config/pulse directory from 700 to 755 then logging out and immediately logging back in, the logs indicate the following

May 30 20:31:54 tesla pulseaudio²¹¹⁷: [ID 295310 user.error] [(null)] module-device-restore.c: Failed to open volume database '/home/russell/.config/pulse/ce41a7037b30eebdefda138d000000f5-device-volumes': I/O error
May 30 20:31:54 tesla pulseaudio²¹¹⁷: [ID 295310 user.error] [(null)] module.c: Failed to load module "module-device-restore" (argument: ""): initialization failed.
May 30 20:31:54 tesla pulseaudio²¹¹⁷: [ID 295310 user.error] [(null)] hook-list.c: Assertion '!slot->dead' failed at pulsecore/hook-list.c:83, function pa_hook_slot_free(). Aborting.
May 30 20:31:54 tesla pulseaudio²¹¹⁵: [ID 295310 user.error] [(null)] main.c: Daemon startup failed.

Now when I used the Sound preferences now show Audio devices for both Input and Output.