Random Pulseaudio "Dummy Output"
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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pulseaudio (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
I cannot manually reproduce this and it seems pretty rare/random, but I've noticed in 13.04 at random when I boot up pulseaudio isn't working at all. It just shows a "dummy output". rebooting has fixed it each time it happened. I also noticed each time I saw this happen there was an accompanying hang on reboot, it would just sit at the plymouth splash and I'd have to use the power button. My theory is that sometimes pulseaudio fails to start correctly causing the dummy output issue, and when I reboot it also fails to exit causing the hang.
I've seen this on both of my laptops, one running ubuntu 13.04 fully updated one running xubuntu 13.04 fully updated. Laptop one has:
brandon@
Codec: Realtek ALC269VB
Codec: Intel IbexPeak HDMI
laptop 2 has:
brandon@
Codec: VIA VT1802
Codec: Intel PantherPoint HDMI
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: pulseaudio 1:3.0-0ubuntu6
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/
Date: Sun Apr 21 11:19:27 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-04-20 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130420)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: pulseaudio
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 07/21/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: U52F.208
dmi.board.
dmi.board.name: U52F
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
dmi.chassis.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmerican
dmi.product.name: U52F
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.