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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/1616307 Title: unity-settings-daemon crashed with signal 7 in pa_shm_cleanup() Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: unity-settings-daemon crashed with signal 7 in pa_shm_cleanup(). The system automatically logs out without warning. ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10 Package: unity-settings-daemon 15.04.1+16.10.20160819-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-9134.53-generic 4.4.15 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-9134-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Wed Aug 24 08:54:49 2016 ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/unity-settings-daemon/unity-settings-daemon InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-07-04 (50 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Alpha amd64 (20160704) ProcCmdline: /usr/lib/unity-settings-daemon/unity-settings-daemon ProcEnviron: LANG=en_IN LANGUAGE=en_IN:en PATH=(custom, no user) SHELL=/bin/bash XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> Signal: 7 SourcePackage: unity-settings-daemon StacktraceTop: pa_shm_cleanup () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pulseaudio/libpulsecommon-9.0.so pa_shm_create_rw () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pulseaudio/libpulsecommon-9.0.so pa_mempool_new () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pulseaudio/libpulsecommon-9.0.so pa_context_new_with_proplist () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpulse.so.0 ?? () from /usr/lib/unity-settings-daemon-1.0/libmedia-keys.so Title: unity-settings-daemon crashed with signal 7 in pa_shm_cleanup() UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1616307/+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