it is pulseaudio call snd_pcm_start at 37.726| 0.000) I: [alsa-sink-Intel ICH] alsa-sink.c: Starting playback. so you have to find out why pulseaudio did not write any data to alsa-sink ( 37.702| 32.638) I: [pulseaudio] client.c: Created 3 "Native client (UNIX socket client)" ( 37.704| 0.002) I: [pulseaudio] client.c: Freed 3 "Native client (UNIX socket client)" ( 37.704| 0.000) I: [pulseaudio] protocol-native.c: Connection died. ( 37.712| 0.007) I: [pulseaudio] client.c: Created 4 "Native client (UNIX socket client)" ( 37.721| 0.008) D: [pulseaudio] protocol-native.c: Protocol version: remote 28, local 28 ( 37.721| 0.000) I: [pulseaudio] protocol-native.c: Got credentials: uid=1000 gid=1000 success=1 ( 37.721| 0.000) D: [pulseaudio] protocol-native.c: SHM possible: yes ( 37.721| 0.000) D: [pulseaudio] protocol-native.c: Negotiated SHM: yes ( 37.721| 0.000) D: [pulseaudio] module-augment-properties.c: Looking for .desktop file for plugin-container ( 37.725| 0.003) D: [pulseaudio] module-intended-roles.c: Not setting device for stream ALSA Playback, because it lacks role. ( 37.725| 0.000) D: [pulseaudio] module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci-0000_00_04.0.analog-stereo becomes busy, resuming. ( 37.725| 0.000) D: [pulseaudio] sink.c: Suspend cause of sink alsa_output.pci-0000_00_04.0.analog-stereo is 0x0000, resuming ( 37.726| 0.000) D: [pulseaudio] reserve-wrap.c: Successfully acquired reservation lock on device 'Audio0' ( 37.726| 0.000) I: [alsa-sink-Intel ICH] alsa-sink.c: Trying resume... ( 37.726| 0.000) D: [alsa-sink-Intel ICH] alsa-util.c: Maximum hw buffer size is 371 ms ( 37.726| 0.000) D: [alsa-sink-Intel ICH] alsa-util.c: Set buffer size first (to 3528 samples), period size second (to 441 samples). ( 37.726| 0.000) D: [alsa-sink-Intel ICH] alsa-sink.c: hwbuf_unused=0 ( 37.726| 0.000) D: [alsa-sink-Intel ICH] alsa-sink.c: setting avail_min=1 ( 37.726| 0.000) I: [alsa-sink-Intel ICH] alsa-sink.c: Resumed successfully... ( 37.726| 0.000) I: [alsa-sink-Intel ICH] alsa-sink.c: Starting playback. ( 37.726| 0.000) D: [pulseaudio] module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci-0000_00_04.0.analog-stereo becomes idle, timeout in 5 seconds. ( 37.727| 0.000) D: [pulseaudio] memblockq.c: memblockq requested: maxlength=33554432, tlength=0, base=4, prebuf=0, minreq=1 maxrewind=0 ( 37.727| 0.000) D: [pulseaudio] memblockq.c: memblockq sanitized: maxlength=33554432, tlength=33554432, base=4, prebuf=0, minreq=4 maxrewind=0 ( 37.727| 0.000) I: [pulseaudio] sink-input.c: Created input 0 "ALSA Playback" on alsa_output.pci-0000_00_04.0.analog-stereo with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right ( 37.727| 0.000) I: [pulseaudio] sink-input.c: media.name = "ALSA Playback" ( 37.727| 0.000) I: [pulseaudio] sink-input.c: application.name = "ALSA plug-in [plugin-container]" ( 37.727| 0.000) I: [pulseaudio] sink-input.c: native-protocol.peer = "UNIX socket client" ( 37.727| 0.000) I: [pulseaudio] sink-input.c: native-protocol.version = "28" ( 37.727| 0.000) I: [pulseaudio] sink-input.c: application.process.id = "2232" ( 37.727| 0.000) I: [pulseaudio] sink-input.c: application.process.user = "bmullan" ( 37.727| 0.000) I: [pulseaudio] sink-input.c: application.process.host = "bmullan-virtual-machine" ( 37.727| 0.000) I: [pulseaudio] sink-input.c: application.process.binary = "plugin-container" ( 37.727| 0.000) I: [pulseaudio] sink-input.c: application.language = "en_US.UTF-8" ( 37.727| 0.000) I: [pulseaudio] sink-input.c: window.x11.display = ":0" ( 37.727| 0.000) I: [pulseaudio] sink-input.c: application.process.machine_id = "735ddae164ef1ded237a4a095272b03a" ( 37.727| 0.000) I: [pulseaudio] sink-input.c: application.process.session_id = "c2" ( 37.727| 0.000) I: [pulseaudio] sink-input.c: module-stream-restore.id = "sink-input-by-application-name:ALSA plug-in [plugin-container]" ( 37.727| 0.000) I: [pulseaudio] protocol-native.c: Requested tlength=500.00 ms, minreq=20.00 ms ( 37.727| 0.000) D: [pulseaudio] protocol-native.c: Early requests mode enabled, configuring sink latency to minreq. ( 37.727| 0.000) E: [alsa-sink-Intel ICH] alsa-sink.c: ALSA woke us up to write new data to the device, but there was actually nothing to write! ( 37.727| 0.000) E: [alsa-sink-Intel ICH] alsa-sink.c: Most likely this is a bug in the ALSA driver 'snd_intel8x0'. Please report this issue to the ALSA developers. ( 37.727| 0.000) E: [alsa-sink-Intel ICH] alsa-sink.c: We were woken up with POLLOUT set -- however a subsequent snd_pcm_avail() returned 0 or another value < min_avail.