bug in the ALSA driver 'snd_intel8x0'

[Angel Guzman Maeso]

In the terminal says:
 E: alsa-sink.c: ALSA woke us up to write new data to the device, but there was actually nothing to write!
E: alsa-sink.c: Most likely this is a bug in the ALSA driver 'snd_intel8x0'. Please report this issue to the ALSA developers.
E: alsa-sink.c: We were woken up with POLLOUT set -- however a subsequent snd_pcm_avail() returned 0 or another value < min_avail.

I don't know how that happen. The messages appears on my terminal as background process.

I use Karmic with ubuntu kernel 2.6.30-9-generic

[Juan Jesús García de Soria (skandalfo)]

I have the same problem with pulseaudio on my machine using Karmic, with nvidia ck8s audio hardware. I can't get pulseaudio to play any sound consistently :-(

[Daniel T Chen (crimsun)]

You need to use Karmic's kernel, 2.6.21-14.48-generic or newer, with Karmic.

[Daniel T Chen (crimsun)]

Sorry -- 2.6.31-14.48-generic

[Juan Jesús García de Soria (skandalfo)]

skandalfo@holly:~$ uname -a
Linux holly 2.6.31-14-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 16 14:05:01 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux
skandalfo@holly:~$

Isn't this version ok?

[Daniel T Chen (crimsun)]

@Juan Jesús García de Soria What problem are you having?

[Juan Jesús García de Soria (skandalfo)]

I won't be able to produce logs until Tuesday night, since I have no proper access to that computer right now.
What happened is that I upgraded my HTPC to 9.10, and I have no sound at all through PA. Direct alsa access works.
Sometimes I got stuttering audio from totem, if I used alsamixer to unmute all channels. The log of PA when changing volume with the tray icon said something like setting 100%, got 0%, final 0%, and would set all levels to zero in alsa. I'll get you the logs next week.
I also got the warning about the driver bug, but I'll try to confirm it again, since I was playing in desperation with the buggy_irq parameter of snd_Intel8x0 and it could have something to do with it.

[AraKs (aracnew)]

Same problem here. After gnome desktop startup, the laptop freezes and needs hard reset.

[Derek White (d-man97)]

pulseaudio[3869]: alsa-sink.c: ALSA woke us up to write new data to the device, but there was actually nothing to write!
pulseaudio[3869]: alsa-sink.c: Most likely this is a bug in the ALSA driver 'snd_intel8x0'. Please report this issue to the ALSA developers.
pulseaudio[3869]: alsa-sink.c: We were woken up with POLLOUT set -- however a subsequent snd_pcm_avail() returned 0 or another value < min_avail.

Shows up in syslog every boot. Karmic fully updated w/-16 kernel. No adverse issues - other than the wasted log space.

Has anyone bothered to post this on ALSA's bug tracker? I would, but it seems as though their cert expired in July...

[AraKs (aracnew)]

I haven't. I don't know where to begin with the ALSA bug traker...

[Derek White (d-man97)]

https://launchpad.net/bugs/bugtrackers/alsa-mantis has a link to it. Pulseaudio claims it is an ALSA problem...wonder what ALSA will say!

[Sam_ (and-sam)]

Just for the record uploaded apport report from Lucid.
2.6.32-22-generic #36-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jun 3 19:31:57 UTC 2010 x86_64

user.log says:
Jun 13 13:22:39 pulseaudio[1482]: alsa-sink.c: ALSA woke us up to write new data to the device, but there was actually nothing to write!
Jun 13 13:22:39 pulseaudio[1482]: alsa-sink.c: Most likely this is a bug in the ALSA driver 'snd_intel8x0'. Please report this issue to the ALSA developers.
Jun 13 13:22:39 pulseaudio[1482]: alsa-sink.c: We were woken up with POLLOUT set -- however a subsequent snd_pcm_avail() returned 0 or another value < min_avail.

[Book 'em Dano (heymrdjd)]

Architecture: i386
CheckboxSubmission: 170355afe57f2ed52964cfd1728cbc14
CheckboxSystem: edda5d4f616ca792bf437989cb597002
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
Package: alsa-driver (not installed)
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-22.65-generic-pae
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-22-generic-pae i686
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip fax fuse lpadmin mediatomb netdev plugdev sambashare tape vboxusers video

[Sam_ (and-sam)]

Messages don't occur anymore on an updated Lucid.
$ LANG=C apt-cache policy alsa-utils
alsa-utils:
  Installed: 1.0.22-0ubuntu5
  Candidate: 1.0.22-0ubuntu5
  Version table:
 *** 1.0.22-0ubuntu5 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

[Cecil Seepaul (jarr0d)]

Same problem on Precise Pangolin.

alsa-utils:
  Installed: 1.0.25-1ubuntu5
  Candidate: 1.0.25-1ubuntu5
  Version table:
 *** 1.0.25-1ubuntu5 0
        500 http://tt.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Card: SIS7012, Driver: snd_intel8x0

[Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson)]

This release of Ubuntu is no longer receiving maintenance updates. If this is still an issue on a maintained version of Ubuntu please let us know.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for alsa-driver (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]