Testing --nosound Get a list of active PulseAudio clients: $ pacmd info | grep application.process.binary application.process.binary = "lxpanel" application.process.binary = "plugin-container" application.process.binary = "plugin-container" Find active PulseAudio socket: $ netstat -l | grep pulse unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 10669 /tmp/pulse-WwG6ohxIJmGO/cli unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 12584 /tmp/pulse-WwG6ohxIJmGO/dbus-socket unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 12581 /tmp/pulse-WwG6ohxIJmGO/native