Programs hang often when playing sound

[Martijn vdS]

Programs that use the sound device for a long time (rhythmbox, spotify, totem, etc.) tend to hang. First I thought it was the programs themselves being buggy, but then I did "pulseaudio -k" and everything started working again (after skipping to the next song).

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: pulseaudio 1:2.1-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-0.3-generic 3.8.0-rc3
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-0-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.8-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: martijn 21552 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: martijn 21552 F...m pulseaudio
Date: Sun Jan 13 12:21:21 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-08-03 (528 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha amd64 (20110803)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: pulseaudio
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2012-12-20 (24 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 01/04/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1709
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: P7H55-M PRO
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1709:bd01/04/2011:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP7H55-MPRO:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer

[Raymond (superquad-vortex2)]

[ 20.427638] CIFS VFS: Error connecting to socket. Aborting operation
[ 20.427870] CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -101
[ 20.429803] CIFS VFS: Error connecting to socket. Aborting operation
[ 20.430046] CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -101
[ 20.432291] CIFS VFS: Error connecting to socket. Aborting operation
[ 20.434254] CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -101
[ 20.436138] CIFS VFS: Error connecting to socket. Aborting operation
[ 20.437817] CIFS VFS: Error connecting to socket. Aborting operation
[ 20.437890] CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -101
[ 20.438641] CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -101
[ 20.438850] CIFS VFS: Error connecting to socket. Aborting operation
[ 20.440767] CIFS VFS: Error connecting to socket. Aborting operation
[ 20.441859] CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -101
[ 20.446246] CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -101

[2268.928344] traps: python3[6378] trap int3 ip:7fb2b4296c5f sp:7fff649d37f0 error:0
[ 2329.342295] traps: unity-tweak-too[6555] trap int3 ip:7f98fdfb7c5f sp:7fff15d50610 error:0
[ 2428.531332] traps: unity-tweak-too[7083] trap int3 ip:7efff8207c5f sp:7fff29311870 error:0

[Martijn vdS (martijn)]

The VFS mounts are from booting with cifsfs mounts in fstab.

The Python3/unity-tweak-tool traps are from starting it without having overlay-scrollbars installed (fixed that already).

Neither should affect sound.

[Iain Lane (laney)]

I have (what appears to be) the same problem. Here's my pulseverbose.log file generated by following https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PulseAudio/Log

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Iain Lane (laney)]

Could be the same as https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1096589

[Luke Yelavich (themuso)]

Could those of you affected by this bug please try testing pulseaudi ov3.0 in the Ubuntu Audio Dev PPA, https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-audio-dev/+archive? Plesae report back as to whether the problem still persists with the newer version of pulse.

[Luke Yelavich (themuso)]

For those of you still experiencing yor bug, please get a log from
PulseAudio whilst reproducing the bug. Instructions on getting a log are
at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PulseAudio/Log.

[Iain Lane (laney)]

It's probably https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/totem/+bug/1085342 in eglibc