Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: pulseaudio (Ubuntu Trusty) Status: New => Confirmed
-- 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/1298842 Title: pulseaudio crashed with SIGABRT in pa_xmalloc() Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in pulseaudio source package in Trusty: Confirmed Bug description: 1. Powered up laptop from a powered off state 2. Logged in 3. Was presented with "A system error has occurred" 4. Later notice that "No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon." I cannot control the volume, since no pulseaudio daemon is running $ pacmd does not work due to 4 Trying to start pulseaudio gives me $ pulseaudio E: [pulseaudio] pid.c: Daemon already running. E: [pulseaudio] main.c: pa_pid_file_create() failed. Trying to kill it yields $ pulseaudio -k E: [pulseaudio] main.c: Failed to kill daemon: No such file or directory "I have no idea what I am doing": $ sudo pulseaudio -k [sudo] password for jonas: E: [pulseaudio] core-util.c: Home directory not accessible: Permission denied E: [pulseaudio] main.c: Failed to kill daemon: Success jonas@jonas-xps:~$ pulseaudio -k E: [pulseaudio] main.c: Failed to kill daemon: No such file or directory jonas@jonas-xps:~$ pulseaudio W: [pulseaudio] pid.c: Stale PID file, overwriting. E: [pulseaudio] module-device-restore.c: Failed to parse module arguments E: [pulseaudio] module.c: Failed to load module "module-device-restore" (argument: "restore_device=false"): initialization failed. E: [pulseaudio] main.c: Module load failed. E: [pulseaudio] main.c: Failed to initialize daemon. E: [pulseaudio] xmalloc.c: Assertion 'size > 0' failed at pulse/xmalloc.c:62, function pa_xmalloc(). Aborting. Aborted (core dumped) Happens due to load-module module-device-restore restore_device=false ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: pulseaudio 1:4.0-0ubuntu10 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-19.40-generic 3.13.6 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-19-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.13.3-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/snd/by-path', '/dev/snd/controlC0', '/dev/snd/hwC0D0', '/dev/snd/hwC0D3', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0c', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D3p', '/dev/snd/seq', '/dev/snd/timer'] failed with exit code 1: CrashCounter: 1 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Fri Mar 28 09:17:13 2014 DistributionChannelDescriptor: # This is a distribution channel descriptor # For more information see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistributionChannelDescriptor canonical-oem-somerville-precise-amd64-20120703-2 EcryptfsInUse: Yes ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/pulseaudio InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-08-27 (212 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 "Precise" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary 20120703-15:08 ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon. Signal: 6 SourcePackage: pulseaudio StacktraceTop: pa_xmalloc () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pulseaudio/libpulsecommon-4.0.so pa_module_unload_all () from /usr/lib/libpulsecore-4.0.so main () Title: pulseaudio crashed with SIGABRT in pa_xmalloc() UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-03-20 (7 days ago) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip libvirtd lp lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo dmi.bios.date: 05/15/2013 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A09 dmi.board.name: 0PJHXN dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A00 dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.version: 0.1 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA09:bd05/15/2013:svnDellInc.:pnDellSystemXPSL322X:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0PJHXN:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr0.1: dmi.product.name: Dell System XPS L322X dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. modified.conffile..etc.pulse.default.pa: [modified] mtime.conffile..etc.pulse.default.pa: 2014-03-27T13:17:10.652148 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1298842/+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