Comment 0 for bug 240337

After upgrading libasound2 to 1.0.16, my 8.0.4 Xubuntu desktop is plagued by 'hangs'.

This stacktrace (from sol) is typical.

(gdb) where
#0 0xb7f2e410 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
#1 0xb7db6c11 in connect () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0
#2 0xb720474a in ?? () from /usr/lib/libesd.so.0
#3 0xb7204e82 in esd_open_sound () from /usr/lib/libesd.so.0
#4 0xb7d15f66 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgnome-2.so.0
#5 0xb7d15f87 in gnome_sound_connection_get () from /usr/lib/libgnome-2.so.0
#6 0xb7d73b45 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgnomeui-2.so.0
#7 0xb785cb20 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#8 0xb785e916 in g_signal_emit_valist () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#9 0xb785ec59 in g_signal_emit () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#10 0xb7bd4837 in gtk_widget_show () from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
#11 0xb7bdd9b9 in gtk_window_present () from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
#12 0x0805b078 in ?? ()
#13 0xb7e0c7d4 in scm_boot_guile () from /usr/lib/libguile.so.12
#14 0x0805ad23 in ?? ()
#15 0xb75ec450 in __libc_start_main () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
#16 0x08051b91 in ?? ()

Most inconveniently, firefox hangs in the same place. (gdb) where
#0 0xb7f2e410 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
#1 0xb7db6c11 in connect () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0
#2 0xb720474a in ?? () from /usr/lib/libesd.so.0
#3 0xb7204e82 in esd_open_sound () from /usr/lib/libesd.so.0
#4 0xb7d15f66 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgnome-2.so.0
#5 0xb7d15f87 in gnome_sound_connection_get () from /usr/lib/libgnome-2.so.0
#6 0xb7d73b45 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgnomeui-2.so.0
#7 0xb785cb20 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#8 0xb785e916 in g_signal_emit_valist () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#9 0xb785ec59 in g_signal_emit () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#10 0xb7bd4837 in gtk_widget_show () from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
#11 0xb7bdd9b9 in gtk_window_present () from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
#12 0x0805b078 in ?? ()
#13 0xb7e0c7d4 in scm_boot_guile () from /usr/lib/libguile.so.12
#14 0x0805ad23 in ?? ()
#15 0xb75ec450 in __libc_start_main () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
#16 0x08051b91 in ?? ()

When I attempt to start firefox, after many minutes , a window appears, but it goes back to 'hung' after the first character typed in the address bar is echoed.

I do not have any of PulseAudio installed.