Comment 11 for bug 404340

I installed a brand new copy of karmic amd64 and am having this problem after uninstalling pulse audio

gnome-settings-daemon & gnome-media Version: 2.28.1-0ubuntu1

dlocate -s gnome-settings-daemon
Package: gnome-settings-daemon
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: gnome
Installed-Size: 3804
Maintainer: Ubuntu Desktop Team <email address hidden>
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.28.1-0ubuntu1
Replaces: capplets-data (<< 1:2.21.5), gnome-control-center (<< 1:2.21.5)
Depends: libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.20.0), libc6 (>= 2.4), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libcanberra-gtk0 (>= 0.2), libcanberra0 (>= 0.2), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.0.2), libdbus-glib-1-2 (>= 0.78), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.4.0), libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1), libgconf2-4 (>= 2.23.2), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.18.0), libgnome-desktop-2-11 (>= 1:2.27.3), libgnomekbd4, libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.16.0), libnotify1 (>= 0.4.5), libnotify1-gtk2.10, libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libpulse-mainloop-glib0, libpulse0 (>= 0.9.19), libstartup-notification0 (>= 0.10), libx11-6, libxi6 (>= 2:1.2.0), libxklavier15 (>= 4.0), libxml2 (>= 2.6.27), libxrandr2, libxrender1, libxxf86misc1, zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), gconf2 (>= 2.12.1-1)
Recommends: pulseaudio
Conflicts: banshee (<< 0.13.2+dfsg-7), gnome-control-center (<< 1:2.21.5), rhythmbox (<< 0.11.5), totem (<< 2.22.0)
Conffiles:
 /etc/xdg/autostart/gnome-settings-daemon.desktop dc7820767f865052bc9c2d1435000baf
 /etc/gnome/config/Editres.ad 05a3123759008f95ddc2425c822bcfa4
 /etc/gnome/config/Emacs.ad 348fea42a2bc046db8ba8323027d545b
 /etc/gnome/config/General.ad 49682440378a2c7ef52c37ee91f0ba0d
 /etc/gnome/config/Motif.ad 12aca8840f777bcbec2894578141f8e2
 /etc/gnome/config/Tk.ad 0774b17084384112e7e2b5ef3d044b3c
 /etc/gnome/config/Xaw.ad 8b1d2b8fd63d2966d223c36ac56a8081
Description: GNOME settings daemon
 The package contains the GNOME daemon which handles the session settings
Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers <email address hidden>

gnome-volume-control -p playback

** (gnome-volume-control:4601): WARNING **: Connection failed, reconnecting...

** (gnome-volume-control:4601): WARNING **: Connection failed, reconnecting...

** (gnome-volume-control:4601): WARNING **: Connection failed, reconnecting...

** (gnome-volume-control:4601): WARNING **: Connection failed, reconnecting...

** (gnome-volume-control:4601): WARNING **: Connection failed, reconnecting...

** (gnome-volume-control:4601): WARNING **: Connection failed, reconnecting...