Public bug reported: Pulseaudio apparently crashes or restarts but I couldn't identify what triggers the problem. The indicator icon suddenly shows the speaker with two dashes, no sound at all, and then after a few seconds the soundcard is detected either as "dummy audio device" or as "Analog output", in which case sound works again for a few minutes until it happens again.
Tried removing ~/.pulse and restarting the session. It didn't helped. This is the only sign I found in /var/log/syslog: Mar 13 15:55:42 e6510 pulseaudio[4592]: ( 0.009| 0.009) [pulseaudio] pid.c: Stale PID file, overwriting. Mar 13 15:55:43 e6510 pulseaudio[4597]: ( 0.060| 0.060) [pulseaudio] pid.c: Daemon already running. Mar 13 15:58:48 e6510 pulseaudio[5030]: ( 0.000| 0.000) [pulseaudio] main.c: User-configured server at {7d28ecb219f790d6371240550000000b}unix:/home/dschulz/.pulse/7d28ecb219f790d6371240550000000b-runtime/native, which appears to be local. Probing deeper. Mar 13 15:58:48 e6510 pulseaudio[5031]: ( 0.000| 0.000) [pulseaudio] main.c: User-configured server at {7d28ecb219f790d6371240550000000b}unix:/home/dschulz/.pulse/7d28ecb219f790d6371240550000000b-runtime/native, which appears to be local. Probing deeper. Mar 13 15:58:51 e6510 pulseaudio[5041]: ( 2.258| 2.258) [pulseaudio] pid.c: Daemon already running. Mar 13 15:59:03 e6510 pulseaudio[5046]: ( 0.000| 0.000) [pulseaudio] main.c: User-configured server at {7d28ecb219f790d6371240550000000b}unix:/home/dschulz/.pulse/7d28ecb219f790d6371240550000000b-runtime/native, which appears to be local. Probing deeper. Mar 13 15:59:03 e6510 pulseaudio[5049]: ( 0.013| 0.013) [pulseaudio] pid.c: Stale PID file, overwriting. Mar 13 16:02:33 e6510 pulseaudio[5103]: ( 0.000| 0.000) [pulseaudio] main.c: User-configured server at {7d28ecb219f790d6371240550000000b}unix:/home/dschulz/.pulse/7d28ecb219f790d6371240550000000b-runtime/native, which appears to be local. Probing deeper. Mar 13 16:02:33 e6510 pulseaudio[5104]: ( 0.000| 0.000) [pulseaudio] main.c: User-configured server at {7d28ecb219f790d6371240550000000b}unix:/home/dschulz/.pulse/7d28ecb219f790d6371240550000000b-runtime/native, which appears to be local. Probing deeper. Mar 13 16:02:33 e6510 pulseaudio[5107]: ( 0.009| 0.009) [pulseaudio] pid.c: Stale PID file, overwriting. Mar 13 16:02:34 e6510 pulseaudio[5112]: ( 0.056| 0.056) [pulseaudio] pid.c: Daemon already running. Mar 13 16:19:59 e6510 pulseaudio[5819]: ( 0.000| 0.000) [pulseaudio] main.c: User-configured server at {7d28ecb219f790d6371240550000000b}unix:/home/dschulz/.pulse/7d28ecb219f790d6371240550000000b-runtime/native, which appears to be local. Probing deeper. Mar 13 16:19:59 e6510 pulseaudio[5826]: ( 0.009| 0.009) [pulseaudio] pid.c: Stale PID file, overwriting. Mar 13 16:19:59 e6510 pulseaudio[5828]: ( 0.000| 0.000) [pulseaudio] main.c: User-configured server at {7d28ecb219f790d6371240550000000b}unix:/home/dschulz/.pulse/7d28ecb219f790d6371240550000000b-runtime/native, which appears to be local. Probing deeper. Mar 13 16:20:02 e6510 pulseaudio[5834]: ( 2.317| 2.317) [pulseaudio] pid.c: Daemon already running. Mar 13 16:24:00 e6510 pulseaudio[5900]: ( 0.000| 0.000) [pulseaudio] main.c: User-configured server at {7d28ecb219f790d6371240550000000b}unix:/home/dschulz/.pulse/7d28ecb219f790d6371240550000000b-runtime/native, which appears to be local. Probing deeper. Mar 13 16:24:00 e6510 pulseaudio[5903]: ( 0.008| 0.008) [pulseaudio] pid.c: Stale PID file, overwriting. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: pulseaudio 1:1.1-0ubuntu12 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-18.29-generic 3.2.9 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-18-generic x86_64 AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 1.94.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: dschulz 5903 F.... pulseaudio Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf6960000 irq 44' Mixer name : 'Intel IbexPeak HDMI' Components : 'HDA:111d76d5,1028040b,00100104 HDA:80862804,80860101,00100000' Controls : 37 Simple ctrls : 13 Date: Tue Mar 13 16:49:10 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120110.2) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: pulseaudio UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-01-12 (60 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 11/30/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A11 dmi.board.name: 02K3Y4 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A00 dmi.chassis.type: 9 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA11:bd11/30/2011:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeE6510:pvr0001:rvnDellInc.:rn02K3Y4:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct9:cvr: dmi.product.name: Latitude E6510 dmi.product.version: 0001 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. modified.conffile..etc.pulse.daemon.conf: [modified] mtime.conffile..etc.pulse.daemon.conf: 2012-03-11T19:42:49.354579 ** Affects: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/954404 Title: Pulseaudio crashes / restarts for no apparent reason To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/954404/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs