Bug#545203: Hope this helps.

[Mark Cross]

The initial report included this:

	i am member of the following groups:
	audio
	pulse-access pulse-rt 

the pulseadudio FAQ states that:
	http://pulseaudio.org/wiki/FAQ#Sounddoesntworkwhenswitchingusers
	
	Check that no users are part of the "audio" group.

In fact, the pulseaudio server is designed to grab exclusive use of the audio 
hardware. If some other application access the hardware, it may block 
pulseaudio access.

Also, if not running a "system-wide pulseaudio daemon", which I believe is not 
the case here, the other groups have no effect. From "man pulseaudio":
	If PulseAudio is running as a user daemon this group has no meaning

for both pulse-access and pulse groups.

Maybe the problem here is that some application is grabbing the sound hardware 
before the pulseaudio daemon?
	

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