Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. Ubuntu 12.10 (quantal) reached end-of-life on May 16, 2014.
See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases We appreciate that this bug may be old and you might not be interested in discussing it any more. But if you are then please upgrade to the latest Ubuntu version and re-test. ** Changed in: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- 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/1164196 Title: system crash while watching tv streams. Syslog message about snd_pcm_avail() Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: while watching tv streams in vlc the system hangs. occured several times, with kernel 3.5.0-23-generic as well as with current 3.5.0-26-generic. ubuntu 12.10 pulseaudio: Installiert: 1:2.1-0ubuntu4 Kandidat: 1:2.1-0ubuntu4 Versionstabelle: *** 1:2.1-0ubuntu4 0 500 http://ftp.stw-bonn.de/ubuntu/ quantal/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status syslog says: pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_avail() gab einen Wert zurück, der außerordentlich groß ist: 605184 Byte (3152 ms). pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: Dies ist höchstwahrscheinlich ein Fehler im ALSA-Treiber »snd_hda_intel«. Bitte melden Sie dieses Problem den ALSA-Entwicklern. pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump(): pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: Hooks PCM pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: Its setup is: pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: stream : PLAYBACK pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: subformat : STD pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: channels : 2 pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: rate : 48000 pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: exact rate : 48000 (48000/1) pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: msbits : 16 pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 16384 pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: period_size : 8192 pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: period_time : 170666 pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: period_step : 1 pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: avail_min : 15617 pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: period_event : 0 pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: start_threshold : -1 pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: stop_threshold : 4611686018427387904 pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: silence_threshold: 0 pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: silence_size : 0 pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: boundary : 4611686018427387904 pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: Slave: Hardware PCM card 0 'HDA Intel PCH' device 3 subdevice 0 pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: Its setup is: pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: stream : PLAYBACK pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: subformat : STD pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: channels : 2 pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: rate : 48000 pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: exact rate : 48000 (48000/1) pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: msbits : 16 pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 16384 pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: period_size : 8192 pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: period_time : 170666 pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: period_step : 1 pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: avail_min : 15617 pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: period_event : 0 pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: start_threshold : -1 pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: stop_threshold : 4611686018427387904 pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: silence_threshold: 0 pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: silence_size : 0 pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: boundary : 4611686018427387904 pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: appl_ptr : 101161136 pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: hw_ptr : 101296048 pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_delay() gab einen Wert zurück, der außerordentlich groß ist: -1691232 Byte (-8808 ms). pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: Dies ist höchstwahrscheinlich ein Fehler im ALSA-Treiber »snd_hda_intel«. Bitte melden Sie dieses Problem den ALSA-Entwicklern. pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump(): pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: Hooks PCM pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: Its setup is: pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: stream : PLAYBACK pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: subformat : STD pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: channels : 2 pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: rate : 48000 pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: exact rate : 48000 (48000/1) pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: msbits : 16 pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 16384 pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: period_size : 8192 pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: period_time : 170666 pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: period_step : 1 pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: avail_min : 15617 pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: period_event : 0 pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: start_threshold : -1 pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: stop_threshold : 4611686018427387904 pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: silence_threshold: 0 pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: silence_size : 0 pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: boundary : 4611686018427387904 pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: Slave: Hardware PCM card 0 'HDA Intel PCH' device 3 subdevice 0 pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: Its setup is: pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: stream : PLAYBACK pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: subformat : STD pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: channels : 2 pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: rate : 48000 pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: exact rate : 48000 (48000/1) pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: msbits : 16 pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 16384 pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: period_size : 8192 pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: period_time : 170666 pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: period_step : 1 pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: avail_min : 15617 pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: period_event : 0 pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: start_threshold : -1 pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: stop_threshold : 4611686018427387904 pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: silence_threshold: 0 pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: silence_size : 0 pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: boundary : 4611686018427387904 pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: appl_ptr : 101174960 pulseaudio[2652]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: hw_ptr : 101597768 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1164196/+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
