Public bug reported: Version 1.39 breaks when trying to initialise audio.
Toyed around with a bit and tracked it down pommed not being able to find a suitable audio device in function audio_init in file audio.c: for (elem = snd_mixer_first_elem(mixer_hdl); elem; elem = snd_mixer_elem_next(elem)) { snd_mixer_selem_get_id(elem, sid); if (strcmp(snd_mixer_selem_id_get_name(sid), audio_cfg.vol) == 0) vol_elem = elem; if (strcmp(snd_mixer_selem_id_get_name(sid), audio_cfg.spkr) == 0) spkr_elem = elem; if (strcmp(snd_mixer_selem_id_get_name(sid), audio_cfg.head) == 0) head_elem = elem; } logdebug("Audio init: volume %s, speakers %s, headphones %s\n", (vol_elem == NULL) ? "NOK" : "OK", (spkr_elem == NULL) ? "NOK" : "OK", (head_elem == NULL) ? "NOK" : "OK"); The for loop fails to find suitable audio devices hence vol_elem, spkr_elem and head_elem all contain NULL (their init value). Hence logdebug logs all elements as NOK. Confirmed on kernels 3.2.0-32 and 3.8.0-22. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: pommed 1.39~dfsg-2build1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-22.33-generic 3.8.11 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-22-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sat May 25 08:16:08 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-05-16 (373 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: pommed UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-04-27 (27 days ago) ** Affects: pommed (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug raring -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1184079 Title: pommed fails to initialise audio To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pommed/+bug/1184079/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs