On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 02:16:41PM -0500, George myglc2 Clemmer wrote:
> Is there a way to disable pulseaudio on a headless server?

Typically Pulseaudio is started on-demand by applications that use it.
On my headless server, Pulseaudio is not running after boot, but when I
launch the music playback server (MPD), it runs as my user.

So, what is starting Pulseaudio in this case?