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Restart pulseaudio

Restart pulseaudio

May 26, 20251 min read

  • pulseaudio/check
  • pulseaudio/kill
  • pulseaudio/start
  • systemctl/user
  • systemctl/restart
  • systemctl/status

check kill start user restart status

Source(s)

  • https://askubuntu.com/questions/15223/how-can-i-restart-pulseaudio-without-having-to-logout
  • either using the pulseaudio command
pulseaudio --check     # exit status 0 means daemon is running
pulseaudio --kill      # kill running daemon
pulseaudio --start     # start daemon
  • or by using systemctl (must use --user!)
systemctl --user restart pulseaudio
systemctl --user status pulseaudio

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