I believe my problem to be the same but with slightly different log spam Nov 1 14:48:07 chris-desktop pulseaudio[3973]: alsa-sink.c: Error opening PCM device surround51:1: Too many open files Nov 1 14:48:07 chris-desktop pulseaudio[3973]: alsa-sink.c: Error opening PCM device surround51:1: Too many open files Nov 1 14:48:07 chris-desktop pulseaudio[3973]: alsa-sink.c: Error opening PCM device surround51:1: Too many open files Nov 1 14:48:07 chris-desktop pulseaudio[3973]: alsa-sink.c: Error opening PCM device surround51:1: Too many open files Nov 1 14:48:07 chris-desktop pulseaudio[3973]: alsa-sink.c: Error opening PCM device surround51:1: Too many open files Nov 1 14:48:07 chris-desktop pulseaudio[3973]: alsa-sink.c: Error opening PCM device surround51:1: Too many open files
after a *year* this is *still* not production ready, really quite embarrassing, you can't blame alsa for pulse audio's poor error handling, even if alsa totally fails pulse audio should NOT be flooding logs its a potential security flaw... #!/bin/bash killall pulseaudio pulse-session use this script as a workaround -- PulseAudio opens too many files, locks up, and fills up root fs (/var/log) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/451893 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
