Periodically flickering of speaker icon

[Vishal S R]

Flickering of speaker icon continuously so that I am not able to use Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: pulseaudio 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3.14
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-85.95~20.04.2-generic 5.15.122
Uname: Linux 5.15.0-85-generic x86_64
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version k5.15.0-85-generic.
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.27
Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 1: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC3223 Analog [ALC3223 Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC1: vishal 1379 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/pcmC1D0p: vishal 1379 F...m pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0: vishal 1379 F.... pulseaudio
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'HDMI'/'HDA Intel HDMI at 0xb0710000 irq 50'
   Mixer name : 'Intel Haswell HDMI'
   Components : 'HDA:80862807,80860101,00100000'
   Controls : 35
   Simple ctrls : 5
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'PCH'/'HDA Intel PCH at 0xb0714000 irq 48'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC3223'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0283,102805e9,00100003'
   Controls : 25
   Simple ctrls : 13
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sat Sep 16 21:05:29 2023
InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-08-21 (390 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200731)
SourcePackage: pulseaudio
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 05/27/2019
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A12
dmi.board.name: 0Y4M2K
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A00
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: A12
dmi.ec.firmware.release: 1.1
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA12:bd05/27/2019:efr1.1:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron5537:pvrA12:rvnDellInc.:rn0Y4M2K:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrA12:skuInspiron5537:
dmi.product.family: 00
dmi.product.name: Inspiron 5537
dmi.product.sku: Inspiron 5537
dmi.product.version: A12
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

[Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur)]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears to be a "regular" (non-security) bug. I have unmarked it as a security issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to cross privilege boundaries nor directly cause loss of data/privacy. Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.