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I have an issue with pulseaudio after replacing the motherboard the process is not starting can't even get to Sound Settings. The sound is working though I asume using alsa currently. How do I get it working again?

Here's some output from terminal:

:~$ pulseaudio -k
E: [pulseaudio] main.c: Failed to kill daemon: No such process
:~$ sudo pulseaudio -k
E: [pulseaudio] core-util.c: Home directory not accessible: Permission denied
E: [pulseaudio] main.c: Failed to kill daemon: Success

UPDATE

Answer below updated for common issues as well.

JoKeR
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Problem was solved by simply removing pulse folders from /home directory then running pavucontrol in terminal successfully launched pulseaudio server. As I asume the issue was in one of the pulseaudio configuration files in home folder.

If it failed to create sink input and if you do not have any output sound after your PC or laptop has been suspended (hibernated) or after poweroff, using a terminal execute this command:

rm -r ~/.pulse ~/.pulse-cookie ~/.config/pulse

After, if it prints that some of the folders cannot be deleted because there's no such folders just wait a couple of seconds the sound shoud be back on.

if not run:

sudo pulseaudio -k
pulseaudio --start
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