Pulseaudio uses 100% CPU at the time of the freeze, and all sound applications (rhythmbox, totem, firefox with flash, etc) become unresponsive.
pulseaudio 0.9.14-0ubuntu8 alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_avail_update() returned a value that is exceptionally large: 13835058055282162564 bytes (418293516404 ms) Most likely this is a Linux bug. Please report this issue to the ALSA developers. main.c: Called SUID root and real-time and/or high-priority scheduling was requested in the configuration. However, we lack the necessary privileges: main.c: We are not in group 'pulse-rt', PolicyKit refuse to grant us the requested privileges and we have no increase RLIMIT_NICE/RLIMIT_RTPRIO resource limits. main.c: For enabling real-time/high-priority scheduling please acquire the appropriate PolicyKit privileges, or become a member of 'pulse-rt', or increase the RLIMIT_NICE/RLIMIT_RTPRIO resource limits for this user. pid.c: Stale PID file, overwriting. ** Changed in: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Importance: Low => Medium -- pulseaudio sometimes pauses playback for 5 seconds https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/319118 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
