Public bug reported: upgrading to ubuntu 12.10 breaks the module-combine-sink feature of pulseaudio -- the old module-combine that was removed in the newer editions is still referenced by the paprefs program that would normally set the combined output feature of pulseaudio; various sources give recipies for configuring module-sink-combine instead, for example throughthe gconf-edit setting of the system/pulseaudio/modules, however enabling the module-combine-sink will cause the pulseaudio daemon to abort.
documents on pulseaudio module-combine-sink are very out of date; the instructions reference the old oss sound drivers! I did try configuring for alsa devices hw:1,0 and hw:0,0 (as seen in the attached config files) but these were not recognized in the sound control app attached to the volume status bar icon or in the pulse audio volume control ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: pulseaudio 1:2.1-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-23.35-generic 3.5.7.2 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-23-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu10 Architecture: i386 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: radio 3115 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c: radio 3115 F...m pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC1: radio 3115 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/timer: radio 3115 f.... pulseaudio CurrentDmesg: [ 46.177423] vgaarb: transferring owner from PCI:0000:01:0b.0 to PCI:0000:00:01.0 [ 53.313814] init: plymouth-stop pre-start process (1485) terminated with status 1 [ 102.732212] end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0 [ 102.780277] end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0 Date: Wed Feb 20 00:29:38 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-01-04 (412 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: pulseaudio UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-12-29 (53 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 03/07/2001 dmi.bios.vendor: Intel Corp. dmi.bios.version: A11 dmi.board.name: CA810E dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation dmi.board.version: AAA53824-301 dmi.chassis.type: 2 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation dmi.chassis.version: MT dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnIntelCorp.:bvrA11:bd03/07/2001:svnDellComputerCorporation:pnL700C:pvr:rvnIntelCorporation:rnCA810E:rvrAAA53824-301:cvnDellComputerCorporation:ct2:cvrMT: dmi.product.name: L700C dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation modified.conffile..etc.pulse.daemon.conf: [modified] modified.conffile..etc.pulse.default.pa: [modified] mtime.conffile..etc.pulse.daemon.conf: 2013-01-08T13:33:26.070417 mtime.conffile..etc.pulse.default.pa: 2013-02-20T00:23:23.219023 ** Affects: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 quantal -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1130505 Title: module-combine-sink causes daemon to crash To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1130505/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs