diff -ur a/src/utils/pactl.c b/src/utils/pactl.c
--- a/src/utils/pactl.c	2013-06-03 01:43:49.000000000 -0400
+++ b/src/utils/pactl.c	2013-06-23 01:25:06.307863845 -0400
@@ -1169,6 +1169,7 @@
            subscription_event_type_to_string(t),
            subscription_event_facility_to_string(t),
            idx);
+    fflush(stdout);
 }
 
 static void context_state_callback(pa_context *c, void *userdata) {