Pulseaudio input hangs randomly

[gianfilippo]

While using any software using audio input (i.e. skype), I experience random lockups of the audio input; the only way to make the audio input working again is :
killall -9 pulseaudio
sudo alsa force-reload

Moreover, my dmesg is flooded with
[ 4894.780205] ALSA hda_intel.c:647: spurious response 0x0:0x0, last cmd=0x1f7351
[ 4894.780208] ALSA hda_intel.c:647: spurious response 0x0:0x0, last cmd=0x1f7351
[ 4894.780211] ALSA hda_intel.c:647: spurious response 0x0:0x0, last cmd=0x1f7351
[ 4894.780214] ALSA hda_intel.c:647: spurious response 0x0:0x0, last cmd=0x1f7351
[ 4894.780216] ALSA hda_intel.c:647: spurious response 0x0:0x0, last cmd=0x1f7351
[ 4894.780219] ALSA hda_intel.c:647: spurious response 0x0:0x0, last cmd=0x1f7351
[ 4894.780222] ALSA hda_intel.c:647: spurious response 0x0:0x0, last cmd=0x1f7351
[ 4894.780226] ALSA hda_intel.c:647: spurious response 0x1b1a1f10:0x0, last cmd=0x1f7351
[ 4894.780229] ALSA hda_intel.c:647: spurious response 0x1b1a1f10:0x0, last cmd=0x1f7351
[ 4894.780232] ALSA hda_intel.c:647: spurious response 0x251d1e:0x0, last cmd=0x1f7351
[ 4894.780235] ALSA hda_intel.c:647: spurious response 0x0:0x0, last cmd=0x1f7351
[ 4894.780238] ALSA hda_intel.c:647: spurious response 0x0:0x0, last cmd=0x1f7351
[ 4894.780241] ALSA hda_intel.c:647: spurious response 0x0:0x0, last cmd=0x1f7351
[ 4894.780244] ALSA hda_intel.c:647: spurious response 0x0:0x0, last cmd=0x1f7351
[ 4894.780246] ALSA hda_intel.c:647: spurious response 0x0:0x0, last cmd=0x1f7351
[ 4894.780249] ALSA hda_intel.c:647: spurious response 0x0:0x0, last cmd=0x1f7351
[ 4894.780252] ALSA hda_intel.c:647: spurious response 0x0:0x0, last cmd=0x1f7351
[ 4894.780255] ALSA hda_intel.c:647: spurious response 0x1b1a1f10:0x0, last cmd=0x1f7351
[ 4894.780258] ALSA hda_intel.c:647: spurious response 0x1b1a1f10:0x0, last cmd=0x1f7351
[ 4894.780261] ALSA hda_intel.c:647: spurious response 0x251d1e:0x0, last cmd=0x1f7351
[ 4894.780264] ALSA hda_intel.c:647: spurious response 0x0:0x0, last cmd=0x1f7351
[ 4894.780267] ALSA hda_intel.c:647: spurious response 0x1b1a1f10:0x0, last cmd=0x1f7351
[ 4894.780270] ALSA hda_intel.c:647: spurious response 0x1b1a1f10:0x0, last cmd=0x1f7351
[ 4894.780273] ALSA hda_intel.c:647: spurious response 0x251d1e:0x0, last cmd=0x1f7351
[ 4894.780276] ALSA hda_intel.c:647: spurious response 0x0:0x0, last cmd=0x1f7351
[ 4894.780279] ALSA hda_intel.c:647: spurious response 0x0:0x0, last cmd=0x1f7351
[ 4894.780282] ALSA hda_intel.c:647: spurious response 0x0:0x0, last cmd=0x1f7351
[ 4894.780285] ALSA hda_intel.c:647: spurious response 0x0:0x0, last cmd=0x1f7351
[ 4894.780288] ALSA hda_intel.c:647: spurious response 0x0:0x0, last cmd=0x1f7351

$ uname -a
Linux speranza 2.6.31-19-generic #56-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jan 28 02:39:34 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux

$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 Host Bridge
00:02.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (ext gfx port 0)
00:05.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 1)
00:06.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 2)
00:11.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
00:12.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:12.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700 USB OHCI1 Controller
00:12.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700 USB OHCI1 Controller
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 3a)
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 LPC host controller
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
00:14.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI2 Controller
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Mobile K10 [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] HyperTransport Configuration (rev 40)
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Mobile K10 [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Mobile K10 [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] Miscellaneous Control
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Mobile K10 [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] Link Control
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M92 [Mobility Radeon HD 4500 Series]
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 01)
03:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)

$ dpkg -l|grep pulse
ii gstreamer0.10-pulseaudio 0.10.16-1ubuntu3 GStreamer plugin for PulseAudio
ii libcanberra-pulse 0.15-0ubuntu7 a simple abstract interface for playing even
ii libpulse-browse0 1:0.9.19-0ubuntu4.1 PulseAudio client libraries (zeroconf suppor
ii libpulse-dev 1:0.9.19-0ubuntu4.1 PulseAudio client development headers and li
ii libpulse-mainloop-glib0 1:0.9.19-0ubuntu4.1 PulseAudio client libraries (glib support)
ii libpulse0 1:0.9.19-0ubuntu4.1 PulseAudio client libraries
ii libsdl1.2debian-pulseaudio 1.2.13-4ubuntu4 Simple DirectMedia Layer (with X11 and Pulse
ii pulseaudio 1:0.9.19-0ubuntu4.1 PulseAudio sound server
ii pulseaudio-esound-compat 1:0.9.19-0ubuntu4.1 PulseAudio ESD compatibility layer
ii pulseaudio-module-bluetooth 1:0.9.19-0ubuntu4.1 Bluetooth module for PulseAudio sound server
ii pulseaudio-module-gconf 1:0.9.19-0ubuntu4.1 GConf module for PulseAudio sound server
ii pulseaudio-module-udev 1:0.9.19-0ubuntu4.1 udev device detection module for PulseAudio
ii pulseaudio-module-x11 1:0.9.19-0ubuntu4.1 X11 module for PulseAudio sound server
ii pulseaudio-module-zeroconf 1:0.9.19-0ubuntu4.1 Zeroconf module for PulseAudio sound server
ii pulseaudio-utils 1:0.9.19-0ubuntu4.1 Command line tools for the PulseAudio sound
ii vlc-plugin-pulse 1.0.2-1ubuntu2.1 PulseAudio plugin for VLC

lspci -vv is attached.
Thanks for your help.

[Draycen DeCator (ddecator)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This bug did not have a package associated with it, which is important for ensuring that it gets looked at by the proper developers. You can learn more about finding the right package at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage. I have classified this bug as a bug in pulseaudio.

When reporting bugs in the future please use apport, either via the appropriate application's "Help -> Report a Problem" menu or using 'ubuntu-bug' and the name of the package affected. You can learn more about this functionality at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs.

Also, can you please include the information requested from the "Reporting Sound Bugs" section of https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingSoundProblems as separate attachments?

If you are using Jaunty or later this information can be gathered for you automatically using the command 'apport-collect -p alsa-base 527709'

[gianfilippo (gianfi)]

AplayDevices:
 **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: VT1708S Analog [VT1708S Analog]
   Subdevices: 2/2
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
   Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: VT1708S Analog [VT1708S Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/2
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
   Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: fide 6215 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c: fide 6215 F...m pulseaudio
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xfbcf4000 irq 16'
   Mixer name : 'VIA VT1708S'
   Components : 'HDA:11060397,10431523,00100000'
   Controls : 21
   Simple ctrls : 14
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: alsa-base 1.0.20+dfsg-1ubuntu5
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=it_IT.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-19.56-generic
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-19-generic x86_64
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare vboxusers

[David Henningsson (diwic)]

Looks like a hardware/driver problem, have you tried
1) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingSoundProblems/KarmicCaveats#Sound%20drivers%20need%20to%20be%20updated
or
2) a fresh Lucid live-CD?

[gianfilippo (gianfi)]

# dpkg -l|grep backports
ii linux-backports-modules-alsa-2.6.31-17-generic 2.6.31-17.19 Ubuntu supplied Linux modules for version 2.
ii linux-backports-modules-alsa-2.6.31-19-generic 2.6.31-19.21 Ubuntu supplied Linux modules for version 2.
ii linux-backports-modules-alsa-karmic-generic 2.6.31.19.32 Backported drivers for alsa-driver snapshot.
# sudo fuser -v /dev/dsp* /dev/snd/* /dev/seq*
                     UTENTE PID ACCESSO COMANDO
/dev/snd/controlC0: fide 2171 F.... pulseaudio

I will give a try to the lucid live-cd. Thanks for your help.

[gianfilippo (gianfi)]

Hello,
using Lucid alpha 3 live cd i don't get any audio input at all, using internal or external mic; checked using gnome sound mixer (nothing muted) .

[gianfilippo (gianfi)]

Hello,
adding:
options snd_hda_intel model=laptop
options snd-hda-intel power_save=0 power_save_controller=N position_fix=1 enable=yes
to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf , the problem seems to be solved.

[Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee)]

Hi gianfilippo,

This bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? Can you try with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO CD images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/ .

If it remains an issue, could you run the following command from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal). It will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report.

apport-collect -p linux 527709

Also, if you could test the latest upstream kernel available that would be great. It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please remove the 'needs-upstream-testing' tag. This can be done by clicking on the yellow pencil icon next to the tag located at the bottom of the bug description and deleting the 'needs-upstream-testing' text. Please let us know your results.

Thanks in advance.

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[Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee)]

This bug report was marked as Incomplete and has not had any updated comments for quite some time. As a result this bug is being closed. Please reopen if this is still an issue in the current Ubuntu release http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download . Also, please be sure to provide any requested information that may have been missing. To reopen the bug, click on the current status under the Status column and change the status back to "New". Thanks.

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[Chetan Chauhan (chetan)]

I would like to add that i faced a similar problem with VLC using --input-slave alsa:// .

While dmesg shows no errors , i was getting stuttering audio while recording.
Only workaround i found was to launch vlc using the padsp launcher script and using --input-slave oss://
Once i switched to oss emulated input vlc recording was perfect.

Using 10.04 lucid with vlc 1.1.2 .