E: Internal Error, No file name for pulseaudio:i386

[dino99]

Get that error when i try to reinstall the pulseaudio* packages; its a regression as the previous (13.0-0ubuntu7) was configured without issue.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: pulseaudio 1:3.0-0ubuntu8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.9.0-4.9-generic 3.9.4
Uname: Linux 3.9.0-4-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.10.2-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: oem 3776 F.... pulseaudio
Date: Tue Jun 11 09:14:07 2013
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: pulseaudio
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 07/22/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 3002
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: P5W DH Deluxe
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.:bvr3002:bd07/22/2010:svnASUSTEKCOMPUTERINC:pnP5WDHDeluxe:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP5WDHDeluxe:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: P5W DH Deluxe
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC
modified.conffile..etc.init.d.pulseaudio: [deleted]

[Raymond (superquad-vortex2)]

do your computer chassis have HD front audio panel ( with jack detection ) ?

did you select AC97 as Front Audio panel type in BIOS SETUP ?

Node 0x19 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x40018f: Stereo Amp-In Amp-Out
  Control: name="Front Mic Boost Volume", index=0, device=0
    ControlAmp: chs=3, dir=In, idx=0, ofs=0
  Control: name="Front Mic Phantom Jack", index=0, device=0
  Amp-In caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x03, stepsize=0x27, mute=0
  Amp-In vals: [0x00 0x00]
  Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
  Amp-Out vals: [0x80 0x80]
  Pincap 0x0000173f: IN OUT HP Detect Trigger ImpSense
    Vref caps: HIZ 50 GRD 80
  Pin Default 0x02a19950: [Jack] Mic at Ext Front
    Conn = 1/8, Color = Pink
    DefAssociation = 0x5, Sequence = 0x0
    Misc = NO_PRESENCE
  Pin-ctls: 0x24: IN VREF_80
  Unsolicited: tag=00, enabled=0
  Connection: 5
     0x0c* 0x0d 0x0e 0x0f 0x26
Node 0x1b [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x40018f: Stereo Amp-In Amp-Out
  Control: name="Headphone Playback Switch", index=0, device=0
    ControlAmp: chs=3, dir=Out, idx=0, ofs=0
  Control: name="Front Headphone Phantom Jack", index=0, device=0
  Amp-In caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x03, stepsize=0x27, mute=0
  Amp-In vals: [0x00 0x00]
  Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
  Amp-Out vals: [0x00 0x00]
  Pincap 0x0000173f: IN OUT HP Detect Trigger ImpSense
    Vref caps: HIZ 50 GRD 80
  Pin Default 0x02214120: [Jack] HP Out at Ext Front
    Conn = 1/8, Color = Green
    DefAssociation = 0x2, Sequence = 0x0
    Misc = NO_PRESENCE
  Pin-ctls: 0xc0: OUT HP VREF_HIZ
  Unsolicited: tag=00, enabled=0
  Connection: 5
     0x0c 0x0d 0x0e 0x0f 0x26*

[David Henningsson (diwic)]

Thanks for your report. I don't think this is PulseAudio related. Could you check your file system for corruption, out of disk space, or similar?

[dino99 (9d9)]

hi David/Raymond

there is no system trouble detected, and yes ac97 is selected and there is no front audio panel.
that issue ( most of the pulseaudio updrades left unconfigured: dialog box complaint about missing dependencies) has hapeared only with that 0ubuntu8 upgrade; all other upgraded packages does not complaint. So it seems related to a pulseaudio dependency (ies) or one of its own dependency having issue with multiarch.

[dino99 (9d9)]

Note: i can listen sound streaming (radiotray for example) without issue (pulseaudio seems to use the previous config, as it has failed to reconfigure with the latest upgrade) and hopes it will also work with the next reboot.

[David Henningsson (diwic)]

Well, was there some error causing pulseaudio to be left unconfigured? Could you look in e g

 /var/log/dpkg.log
 /var/log/apt/term.log
 /var/log/apt/history.log

...for error messages or anything else that could help us understand why it was left unconfigured?

[dino99 (9d9)]

hi David,

the logs was clean; but i've found that dpkg had failed to purge an other package cleanly, and was disturbing the pulseaudio config.
So i've rebooted and reinstalled the pulseaudio packages: that time the config ended smootly. Doing that report "invalid".