Comment 0 for bug 1201528

This is a fresh upgrade to raring. During the weekend, I updated from precise to quantal, and from there to raring. I did not use sound while the system was in quantal, so no idea if the bug was present there as well.

The symptom is:

* after some period of sound usage, playback stops working

What I mean with sound usage is:

I tried having a meeting with: mumble, skype, and google hangout, and in all three cases, audio input/outout will work just fine for ~5 minutes, and the playback just dies (people tell me they keep listening to me, so mic works fine).

The only way to solve this is by rebooting. After one of the reboots, I was able to play a 20 minute video with mplayer with no further issue. Then opened skype and after ~3-5 minute talk, audio playback died again.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: alsa-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-26.38-generic 3.8.13.2
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-26-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.1
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: nessita 2627 F.... pulseaudio
Date: Mon Jul 15 14:40:20 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-12-20 (572 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20111129.1)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: alsa-driver
Symptom: audio
Symptom_AlsaPlaybackTest: ALSA playback test through plughw:MID failed
Symptom_AlsaPlaybackTestStderr:
 W r i t e e r r o r : - 5 , I n p u t / o u t p u t e r r o r
  x r u n _ r e c o v e r y f a i l e d : - 5 , I n p u t / o u t p u t e r r o r
  T r a n s f e r f a i l e d : O p e r a t i o n n o t p e r m i t t e d
Symptom_Card: Built-in Audio - HDA Intel MID
Symptom_Jack: Green Headphone Out, Front
Symptom_Type: None of the above
Title: [, Realtek ALC889, Green Headphone Out, Front] Playback problem
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-07-13 (2 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 08/05/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Intel Corp.
dmi.bios.version: KGIBX10J.86A.3206.2009.0805.1855
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: DP55WG
dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation
dmi.board.version: AAE57269-404
dmi.chassis.type: 2
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnIntelCorp.:bvrKGIBX10J.86A.3206.2009.0805.1855:bd08/05/2009:svn:pn:pvr:rvnIntelCorporation:rnDP55WG:rvrAAE57269-404:cvn:ct2:cvr: