** Description changed: - I have been experiencing a pulseaudio bug for some time only just now - found the reproducer where after login the sound indicator shows a - speaker with dashes rather than the muted speaker or speaker with sound - waves. When in this state there is no sound and the sound indicator - doesn't work right: if you click the sound indicator, 'Mute' and the - volume slider are not present. + I have been experiencing a pulseaudio bug for some time (months), but + only just now found the reproducer. Sometimes after login the sound + indicator shows a speaker with dashes rather than the muted speaker or + speaker with sound waves. When in this state there is no sound and the + sound indicator doesn't work right: if you click the sound indicator, + 'Mute' and the volume slider are not present. Steps to reproduce: 1. reboot the computer and login (sound correctly works) 2. find the PIDs of pulseaudio with 'ps auxww|grep pulse' 3. logout of your session 4. *quickly* log back in At this point, sound probably doesn't work which is easily seen by bserving the sound indicator. What I've noticed is that pulseaudio doesn't seem to be shutting down fast enough after logout such that if you logout and back in quickly, PIDs for pulseaudio for the user are the same as in step '2' and pulseaudio doesn't work correctly. On the other hand, if I wait a while (60 seconds?) before logging back in, the PIDs are different than in step '2' and sound works correctly. There are two workarounds: - 1. kill pulseaudio manually before logging back in - 2. wait 60 seconds or more before logging back in + 1. kill pulseaudio manually before logging back in + 2. wait 60 seconds or more before logging back in ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: pulseaudio 1:3.0-0ubuntu4b2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-17.27+dbusdev1-generic 3.8.6 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-17-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: - USER PID ACCESS COMMAND - /dev/snd/controlC0: jamie 6982 F.... pulseaudio + USER PID ACCESS COMMAND + /dev/snd/controlC0: jamie 6982 F.... pulseaudio Date: Thu Apr 11 08:36:55 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-06-28 (652 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110425.2) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: pulseaudio UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-02-14 (56 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 02/24/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: 6QET64WW (1.34 ) dmi.board.name: 5129CTO dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: Not Available dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Not Available dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr6QET64WW(1.34):bd02/24/2011:svnLENOVO:pn5129CTO:pvrThinkPadX201s:rvnLENOVO:rn5129CTO:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.name: 5129CTO dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X201s dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to pulseaudio in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1167942 Title: pulseaudio is non-functional after quick logout/login Status in “pulseaudio” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I have been experiencing a pulseaudio bug for some time (months), but only just now found the reproducer. Sometimes after login the sound indicator shows a speaker with dashes rather than the muted speaker or speaker with sound waves. When in this state there is no sound and the sound indicator doesn't work right: if you click the sound indicator, 'Mute' and the volume slider are not present. Steps to reproduce: 1. reboot the computer and login (sound correctly works) 2. find the PIDs of pulseaudio with 'ps auxww|grep pulse' 3. logout of your session 4. *quickly* log back in At this point, sound probably doesn't work which is easily seen by bserving the sound indicator. What I've noticed is that pulseaudio doesn't seem to be shutting down fast enough after logout such that if you logout and back in quickly, PIDs for pulseaudio for the user are the same as in step '2' and pulseaudio doesn't work correctly. On the other hand, if I wait a while (60 seconds?) before logging back in, the PIDs are different than in step '2' and sound works correctly. There are two workarounds: 1. kill pulseaudio manually before logging back in 2. wait 60 seconds or more before logging back in ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: pulseaudio 1:3.0-0ubuntu4b2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-17.27+dbusdev1-generic 3.8.6 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-17-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: jamie 6982 F.... pulseaudio Date: Thu Apr 11 08:36:55 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-06-28 (652 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110425.2) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: pulseaudio UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-02-14 (56 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 02/24/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: 6QET64WW (1.34 ) dmi.board.name: 5129CTO dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: Not Available dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Not Available dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr6QET64WW(1.34):bd02/24/2011:svnLENOVO:pn5129CTO:pvrThinkPadX201s:rvnLENOVO:rn5129CTO:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.name: 5129CTO dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X201s dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1167942/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
