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Ingo Steinke
Asked: 2024-10-11 18:26:04 +0800 CST

Fix failed to get sink information warning

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After upgrading Ubuntu LTS from jammy to 24.04 noble, logging in hangs with a movable white pointer over black background for a long time, then a graphical message appears that the system "failed to get sink information" in my profile, possibly related to some audio driver, but no helpful details other that I "should fix it".

Warning

Error found when loading /home/ingo/.profile:

Failed to get sink information: No such entity

As a result the session will not be configured correctly. You should fix the problem as soon as feasible.

OK

Does anyone know this message and how to fix?

sound

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    My .profile file contained a command to raise the speaker volume above "100%" because some tutorials I needed to watch had shallow sound. I guess this setting is no longer supported in Ubuntu 24.04, or it requires additional software that got deactivated during the update.

    Removing the line in ~home/.profile fixed the issue:

    # allow louder sound
pactl -- set-sink-volume 0 150%
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