Pulseaudio is not running

[timo michel]

Binary package hint: pulseaudio

don't know what happend, when I started the comnputer this morning it worked fine. In the evening I found it without sound..

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: pulseaudio 1:0.9.22~0.9.21+stable-queue-32-g8478-0ubuntu14
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-27.49-generic 2.6.32.26+drm33.12
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-27-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.
Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: tmo 2067 f.... plugin-containe
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: tmo 2067 F...m plugin-containe
 /dev/snd/timer: tmo 2067 f.... plugin-containe
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xdf000000 irq 22'
   Mixer name : 'Nvidia MCP78 HDMI'
   Components : 'HDA:111d76b2,103c30f6,00100302 HDA:10de0006,10de0101,00100000'
   Controls : 24
   Simple ctrls : 13
Date: Sun Jan 16 22:38:04 2011
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: pulseaudio
Symptom: audio
Title: Pulseaudio is not running
dmi.bios.date: 05/20/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: F.2A
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: 30F4
dmi.board.vendor: Compal
dmi.board.version: 99.A9
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Compal
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.2A:bd05/20/2009:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPPaviliondv7NotebookPC:pvrF.2A:rvnCompal:rn30F4:rvr99.A9:cvnCompal:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC
dmi.product.version: F.2A
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard

[Daniel T Chen (crimsun)]

This has nothing to do with alsa-driver or pulseaudio. Some app,
probably a wrapper for your web browser's plugins, has hogged the
sound device:

AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: tmo 2067 f.... plugin-containe
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: tmo 2067 F...m plugin-containe
 /dev/snd/timer: tmo 2067 f.... plugin-containe

[dino99 (9d9)]

That version is no more supported