I was able to fairly reliably reproduce the "pa_stream_writable_size() failed: Connection terminated" in totem by playing a particular DVD for a minute or two and pausing until this laptop's drive spun down. On this laptop, the problem then appears when resuming playback.
Doug: I have now removed the gstreamer0.10-pulseaudio package, and so far this error has not reoccurred.
I was able to fairly reliably reproduce the "pa_stream_ writable_ size() failed: Connection terminated" in totem by playing a particular DVD for a minute or two and pausing until this laptop's drive spun down. On this laptop, the problem then appears when resuming playback.
Doug: I have now removed the gstreamer0. 10-pulseaudio package, and so far this error has not reoccurred.