DP audio testing encountered "No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon."(Checkbox RC testing)

[Ray Chen]

Summary:DP audio testing encountered "No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon."

Steps to reproduce:
When testing checkbox-RC from testing PPA encountered "No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon." during DP audio testing after switch to garphics card 2

Failure rate:100%

=====error/failed log
DisplayPort audio via USB Type-C port interface verification

Steps:

1. Plug an external DisplayPort device with sound on a USB Type-C port using a "USB Typce-C to DisplayPort" adapter (Use only one HDMI/DisplayPort/Thunderbolt interface at a time for this test)
   2. Commence the test

Pick an action
    => press ENTER to continue
  c => add a comment
  s => skip this job
  q => save the session and quit
[csq]:
... 8< -------------------------------------------------------------------------
INFO:===========================[ Saving audio settings ]============================
INFO:==========================[ HDMI / DisplayPort ports ]==========================
INFO:Card #0 Port: PortWithProfile(name='hdmi-output-0', label='HDMI / DisplayPort', priority=5900, latency_offset=0, availability='available', properties=[Property(name='device.icon_name', value='video-display'), Property(name='device.product.name', value='PA27A')], profile_list=['output:hdmi-stereo', 'output:hdmi-stereo+input:analog-stereo', 'output:hdmi-surround', 'output:hdmi-surround+input:analog-stereo', 'output:hdmi-surround71', 'output:hdmi-surround71+input:analog-stereo'])
INFO:Card #0 Port: PortWithProfile(name='hdmi-output-1', label='HDMI / DisplayPort 2', priority=5800, latency_offset=0, availability='not available', properties=[Property(name='device.icon_name', value='video-display')], profile_list=['output:hdmi-stereo-extra1', 'output:hdmi-stereo-extra1+input:analog-stereo', 'output:hdmi-surround-extra1', 'output:hdmi-surround-extra1+input:analog-stereo', 'output:hdmi-surround71-extra1', 'output:hdmi-surround71-extra1+input:analog-stereo'])
INFO:Card #0 Port: PortWithProfile(name='hdmi-output-2', label='HDMI / DisplayPort 3', priority=5700, latency_offset=0, availability='not available', properties=[Property(name='device.icon_name', value='video-display')], profile_list=['output:hdmi-stereo-extra2', 'output:hdmi-stereo-extra2+input:analog-stereo', 'output:hdmi-surround-extra2', 'output:hdmi-surround-extra2+input:analog-stereo', 'output:hdmi-surround71-extra2', 'output:hdmi-surround71-extra2+input:analog-stereo'])
INFO:Card #0 Port: PortWithProfile(name='hdmi-output-3', label='HDMI / DisplayPort 4', priority=5600, latency_offset=0, availability='not available', properties=[Property(name='device.icon_name', value='video-display')], profile_list=['output:hdmi-stereo-extra3', 'output:hdmi-stereo-extra3+input:analog-stereo', 'output:hdmi-surround-extra3', 'output:hdmi-surround-extra3+input:analog-stereo', 'output:hdmi-surround71-extra3', 'output:hdmi-surround71-extra3+input:analog-stereo'])
INFO:Card #0 Port: PortWithProfile(name='hdmi-output-4', label='HDMI / DisplayPort 5', priority=5500, latency_offset=0, availability='not available', properties=[Property(name='device.icon_name', value='video-display')], profile_list=['output:hdmi-stereo-extra4', 'output:hdmi-stereo-extra4+input:analog-stereo', 'output:hdmi-surround-extra4', 'output:hdmi-surround-extra4+input:analog-stereo', 'output:hdmi-surround71-extra4', 'output:hdmi-surround71-extra4+input:analog-stereo'])
INFO:==============================[ Selected profile ]==============================
INFO:Card #0 Profile: output:hdmi-stereo
INFO:===============================[ Fallback sink ]================================
INFO:Name: alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.hdmi-stereo
No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/tmp/nest-0nk5oao8.b85a6cae30a0ede013ef653affb0d3641d6ace941c8d54c6d11cb94d804213f9/gst_pipeline_test", line 81, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
  File "/tmp/nest-0nk5oao8.b85a6cae30a0ede013ef653affb0d3641d6ace941c8d54c6d11cb94d804213f9/gst_pipeline_test", line 55, in main
    if not check_state(args.device):
  File "/tmp/nest-0nk5oao8.b85a6cae30a0ede013ef653affb0d3641d6ace941c8d54c6d11cb94d804213f9/gst_pipeline_test", line 21, in check_state
    universal_newlines=True)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/subprocess.py", line 336, in check_output
    **kwargs).stdout
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/subprocess.py", line 418, in run
    output=stdout, stderr=stderr)
subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['pacmd', 'list-sinks']' returned non-zero exit status 1.
INFO:==========================[ Restoring audio settings ]==========================
------------------------------------------------------------------------- >8 ---
Outcome: job needs verification
Verification:

Did you hear the sound from the DisplayPort device?

Please decide what to do next:
  outcome: job needs verification
  comments: none
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  f => set outcome to fail
  s => set outcome to skip
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    => set suggested outcome [job failed]
[cpfsr]:

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system-manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Image: somerville-bionic-amd64-iso-hybrid-20180608-47

CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-9400H CPU @ 2.50GHz (8x)
system-product-name: Latitude 5401
bios-version: 1.0.0
GPU: 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Device 3e9b (rev 02)

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Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-======================================-============================-============-==========================================
ii checkbox-ng 1.4.0~rc1~ppa~ubuntu18.04.1 all CheckBoxNG test runner
un checkbox-oem <none> <none> (no description available)
ii checkbox-oem-bug 1.14-1-ubuntu1 all Checkbox OEM bug
ii plainbox-provider-certification-client 0.37.0~rc1~ppa~ubuntu18.04.1 all Client Certification provider for Plainbox
ii plainbox-provider-checkbox 0.48.0~rc1~ppa~ubuntu18.04.1 amd64 CheckBox provider for PlainBox
ii plainbox-provider-oem 0.62 all plainbox oem provider
un plainbox-provider-oem-kittyhawk <none> <none> (no description available)
ii plainbox-provider-oem-somerville 0.62 all plainbox oem provider for somerville
un plainbox-provider-oem-stella <none> <none> (no description available)
un plainbox-provider-oem-sutton <none> <none> (no description available)
ii plainbox-provider-resource-generic 0.40.0~rc1~ppa~ubuntu18.04.1 amd64 CheckBox generic resource jobs provider
ii plainbox-provider-sru 1.13.0~rc1~ppa~ubuntu18.04.1 all CheckBox SRU jobs provider
ii plainbox-provider-tpm2 1.10.0~rc1~ppa~ubuntu18.04.1 all TPM 2.0 provider for PlainBox

[Ray Chen (ray.chen)]

This issue can be workaround by reboot system and launch checkbox again

[Sylvain Pineau (sylvain-pineau)]

Can you reproduce the bug with checkbox installed from stable ppa?

[Ray Chen (ray.chen)]

Verified on dev PPA
ii plainbox-provider-checkbox 0.48.0~rc1+git201905171650+pkg101~ubuntu18.04.1

This issue still exist after upgrade plainbox-provider-checkbox to dev version, log as below

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-------------[ Running job 15 / 136. Estimated time left: unknown ]-------------
---------[ audio/2_playback_type-c_displayport_GP108M__GeForce_MX150_ ]---------
ID: com.canonical.certification::audio/2_playback_type-c_displayport_GP108M__GeForce_MX150_
Category: com.canonical.plainbox::audio
Purpose:

DisplayPort audio via USB Type-C port interface verification

Steps:

1. Plug an external DisplayPort device with sound on a USB Type-C port using a "USB Typce-C to DisplayPort" adapter (Use only one HDMI/DisplayPort/Thunderbolt interface at a time for this test)
   2. Commence the test

Pick an action
    => press ENTER to continue
  c => add a comment
  s => skip this job
  q => save the session and quit
[csq]:
... 8< -------------------------------------------------------------------------
INFO:===========================[ Saving audio settings ]============================
INFO:==========================[ HDMI / DisplayPort ports ]==========================
INFO:Card #0 Port: PortWithProfile(name='hdmi-output-0', label='HDMI / DisplayPort', priority=5900, latency_offset=0, availability='available', properties=[Property(name='device.icon_name', value='video-display'), Property(name='device.product.name', value='PA27A')], profile_list=['output:hdmi-stereo', 'output:hdmi-stereo+input:analog-stereo', 'output:hdmi-surround', 'output:hdmi-surround+input:analog-stereo', 'output:hdmi-surround71', 'output:hdmi-surround71+input:analog-stereo'])
INFO:Card #0 Port: PortWithProfile(name='hdmi-output-1', label='HDMI / DisplayPort 2', priority=5800, latency_offset=0, availability='not available', properties=[Property(name='device.icon_name', value='video-display')], profile_list=['output:hdmi-stereo-extra1', 'output:hdmi-stereo-extra1+input:analog-stereo', 'output:hdmi-surround-extra1', 'output:hdmi-surround-extra1+input:analog-stereo', 'output:hdmi-surround71-extra1', 'output:hdmi-surround71-extra1+input:analog-stereo'])
INFO:Card #0 Port: PortWithProfile(name='hdmi-output-2', label='HDMI / DisplayPort 3', priority=5700, latency_offset=0, availability='not available', properties=[Property(name='device.icon_name', value='video-display')], profile_list=['output:hdmi-stereo-extra2', 'output:hdmi-stereo-extra2+input:analog-stereo', 'output:hdmi-surround-extra2', 'output:hdmi-surround-extra2+input:analog-stereo', 'output:hdmi-surround71-extra2', 'output:hdmi-surround71-extra2+input:analog-stereo'])
INFO:Card #0 Port: PortWithProfile(name='hdmi-output-3', label='HDMI / DisplayPort 4', priority=5600, latency_offset=0, availability='not available', properties=[Property(name='device.icon_name', value='video-display')], profile_list=['output:hdmi-stereo-extra3', 'output:hdmi-stereo-extra3+input:analog-stereo', 'output:hdmi-surround-extra3', 'output:hdmi-surround-extra3+input:analog-stereo', 'output:hdmi-surround71-extra3', 'output:hdmi-surround71-extra3+input:analog-stereo'])
INFO:Card #0 Port: PortWithProfi...

[Ray Chen (ray.chen)]

This issue was verified on below platforms and checkbox version
#1:201903-26894
#2:201903-26920
#3 201903-26900

||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-======================================-============================-============-==========================================
ii checkbox-ng 1.4.0~rc1~ppa~ubuntu18.04.1 all CheckBoxNG test runner
un checkbox-oem <none> <none> (no description available)
ii checkbox-oem-bug 1.14-1-ubuntu1 all Checkbox OEM bug
ii plainbox-provider-certification-client 0.37.0~rc1~ppa~ubuntu18.04.1 all Client Certification provider for Plainbox
ii plainbox-provider-checkbox 0.48.0~rc3~ppa~ubuntu18.04.1 amd64 CheckBox provider for PlainBox
ii plainbox-provider-oem 0.62 all plainbox oem provider
un plainbox-provider-oem-kittyhawk <none> <none> (no description available)
ii plainbox-provider-oem-somerville 0.62 all plainbox oem provider for somerville
un plainbox-provider-oem-stella <none> <none> (no description available)
un plainbox-provider-oem-sutton <none> <none> (no description available)
ii plainbox-provider-resource-generic 0.40.0~rc1~ppa~ubuntu18.04.1 amd64 CheckBox generic resource jobs provider
ii plainbox-provider-sru 1.13.0~rc1~ppa~ubuntu18.04.1 all CheckBox SRU jobs provider
ii plainbox-provider-tpm2 1.10.0~rc1~ppa~ubuntu18.04.1 all TPM 2.0 provider for PlainBox