Comment 6 for bug 374010

Seen this also on Karmic:

(Note I'm running with option snd-hda-intel position_fix=2 )

May 25 12:21:39 davros pulseaudio[19156]: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_avail() returned a value that is exceptionally large: 16140901064495857628 bytes (384307168202 ms).
May 25 12:21:39 davros pulseaudio[19156]: alsa-util.c: Most likely this is a bug in the ALSA driver 'snd_hda_intel'. Please report this issue to the ALSA developers.
May 25 12:21:39 davros pulseaudio[19156]: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump():
May 25 12:21:39 davros pulseaudio[19156]: alsa-util.c: Soft volume PCM
May 25 12:21:39 davros pulseaudio[19156]: alsa-util.c: Control: PCM Playback Volume
May 25 12:21:39 davros pulseaudio[19156]: alsa-util.c: min_dB: -51
May 25 12:21:39 davros pulseaudio[19156]: alsa-util.c: max_dB: 0
May 25 12:21:39 davros pulseaudio[19156]: alsa-util.c: resolution: 256
May 25 12:21:39 davros pulseaudio[19156]: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
May 25 12:21:39 davros pulseaudio[19156]: alsa-util.c: stream : PLAYBACK
May 25 12:21:39 davros pulseaudio[19156]: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
May 25 12:21:39 davros pulseaudio[19156]: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE
May 25 12:21:39 davros pulseaudio[19156]: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD
May 25 12:21:39 davros pulseaudio[19156]: alsa-util.c: channels : 2
May 25 12:21:39 davros pulseaudio[19156]: alsa-util.c: rate : 48000
May 25 12:21:39 davros pulseaudio[19156]: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 48000 (48000/1)
May 25 12:21:39 davros pulseaudio[19156]: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16
May 25 12:21:39 davros pulseaudio[19156]: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 3840
May 25 12:21:39 davros pulseaudio[19156]: alsa-util.c: period_size : 480
May 25 12:21:39 davros pulseaudio[19156]: alsa-util.c: period_time : 10000
May 25 12:21:39 davros pulseaudio[19156]: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE
May 25 12:21:39 davros pulseaudio[19156]: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1
May 25 12:21:39 davros pulseaudio[19156]: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 480
May 25 12:21:39 davros pulseaudio[19156]: alsa-util.c: period_event : 0
May 25 12:21:39 davros pulseaudio[19156]: alsa-util.c: start_threshold : -1
May 25 12:21:39 davros pulseaudio[19156]: alsa-util.c: stop_threshold : 8646911284551352320
May 25 12:21:39 davros pulseaudio[19156]: alsa-util.c: silence_threshold: 0
May 25 12:21:39 davros pulseaudio[19156]: alsa-util.c: silence_size : 0
May 25 12:21:39 davros pulseaudio[19156]: alsa-util.c: boundary : 8646911284551352320
May 25 12:21:39 davros pulseaudio[19156]: alsa-util.c: Slave: Hardware PCM card 0 'HDA Intel' device 0 subdevice 0
May 25 12:21:39 davros pulseaudio[19156]: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
May 25 12:21:39 davros pulseaudio[19156]: alsa-util.c: stream : PLAYBACK
May 25 12:21:39 davros pulseaudio[19156]: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
May 25 12:21:39 davros pulseaudio[19156]: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE
May 25 12:21:39 davros pulseaudio[19156]: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD
May 25 12:21:39 davros pulseaudio[19156]: alsa-util.c: channels : 2
May 25 12:21:39 davros pulseaudio[19156]: alsa-util.c: rate : 48000
May 25 12:21:39 davros pulseaudio[19156]: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 48000 (48000/1)
May 25 12:21:39 davros pulseaudio[19156]: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16
May 25 12:21:39 davros pulseaudio[19156]: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 3840
May 25 12:21:39 davros pulseaudio[19156]: alsa-util.c: period_size : 480
May 25 12:21:39 davros pulseaudio[19156]: alsa-util.c: period_time : 10000
May 25 12:21:39 davros pulseaudio[19156]: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE
May 25 12:21:39 davros pulseaudio[19156]: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1
May 25 12:21:39 davros pulseaudio[19156]: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 480
May 25 12:21:39 davros pulseaudio[19156]: alsa-util.c: period_event : 0
May 25 12:21:39 davros pulseaudio[19156]: alsa-util.c: start_threshold : -1
May 25 12:21:39 davros pulseaudio[19156]: alsa-util.c: stop_threshold : 8646911284551352320
May 25 12:21:39 davros pulseaudio[19156]: alsa-util.c: silence_threshold: 0
May 25 12:21:39 davros pulseaudio[19156]: alsa-util.c: silence_size : 0
May 25 12:21:39 davros pulseaudio[19156]: alsa-util.c: boundary : 8646911284551352320
May 25 12:21:39 davros pulseaudio[19156]: alsa-sink.c: snd_pcm_mmap_commit: Device or resource busy