I have debian testing (lenny), and I had the same issue, with a similar strace report.
Aug 19 11:14:36 srv pulseaudio[4745]: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_NICE, (31, 31)) failed: Operation not permitted Aug 19 11:14:36 srv pulseaudio[4745]: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_RTPRIO, (9, 9)) failed: Operation not permitted Aug 19 11:14:36 srv pulseaudio[4745]: module-protocol-stub.c: Failed to create socket directory '/tmp/.esd/socket': Operation not permitted Aug 19 11:14:36 srv pulseaudio[4745]: module.c: Failed to load module "module-esound-protocol-unix" (argument: "socket="/tmp/.esd/socket""): initialization failed. Aug 19 11:14:36 srv pulseaudio[4745]: main.c: Module load failed. Aug 19 11:14:36 srv pulseaudio[4745]: main.c: Failed to initialize daemon.
/tmp/.esd/socket file is exists in this folder.
Pulseaudio version 0.9.10-2
I have debian testing (lenny), and I had the same issue, with a similar strace report.
Aug 19 11:14:36 srv pulseaudio[4745]: main.c: setrlimit( RLIMIT_ NICE, (31, 31)) failed: Operation not permitted RLIMIT_ RTPRIO, (9, 9)) failed: Operation not permitted protocol- stub.c: Failed to create socket directory '/tmp/.esd/socket': Operation not permitted esound- protocol- unix" (argument: "socket= "/tmp/. esd/socket" "): initialization failed.
Aug 19 11:14:36 srv pulseaudio[4745]: main.c: setrlimit(
Aug 19 11:14:36 srv pulseaudio[4745]: module-
Aug 19 11:14:36 srv pulseaudio[4745]: module.c: Failed to load module "module-
Aug 19 11:14:36 srv pulseaudio[4745]: main.c: Module load failed.
Aug 19 11:14:36 srv pulseaudio[4745]: main.c: Failed to initialize daemon.
/tmp/.esd/socket file is exists in this folder.
Pulseaudio version 0.9.10-2