However, on further examination, I did forget to add an env declaration for the ALSACTLHOME environment variable. Its likely that is what is choaking things. But a segfault from init, that still points to a bug in upstart I think.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to alsa-utils in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1269731 Title: init crashed with SIGSEGV Status in “alsa-utils” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “upstart” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: $ telinit U ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: upstart 1.11-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.12.0-8.16-generic 3.12.6 Uname: Linux 3.12.0-8-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.13.1-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Jan 16 08:03:58 2014 ExecutablePath: /sbin/init ExecutableTimestamp: 1384521990 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-12-22 (389 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120823.1) ProcCmdline: /sbin/init ProcCwd: / ProcEnviron: TERM=linux PATH=(custom, no user) ProcKernelCmdline: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.12.0-8-generic root=UUID=8905185c-9d82-498c-970c-6fdb9ee07c45 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SegvAnalysis: Segfault happened at: 0x7f1191eb98d9: mov 0x20(%rax),%rsi PC (0x7f1191eb98d9) ok source "0x20(%rax)" (0x00000020) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)! destination "%rsi" ok SegvReason: reading NULL VMA Signal: 11 SourcePackage: upstart StacktraceTop: ?? () ?? () ?? () ?? () ?? () Title: init crashed with SIGSEGV UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2013-06-19 (210 days ago) UpstartBugCategory: System UpstartRunningSystemVersion: init (upstart 1.11) UserGroups: _LogindSession: / _MarkForUpload: True modified.conffile..etc.NetworkManager.NetworkManager.conf: [modified] modified.conffile..etc.default.whoopsie: [modified] modified.conffile..etc.libvirt.qemu.networks.default.xml: [modified] mtime.conffile..etc.NetworkManager.NetworkManager.conf: 2013-12-11T09:58:09.227262 mtime.conffile..etc.default.whoopsie: 2013-12-19T16:30:43.528594 mtime.conffile..etc.libvirt.qemu.networks.default.xml: 2013-06-29T21:43:59.656854 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-utils/+bug/1269731/+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
