Yes, this is because the alsa-lib has a new change but the pulseaudio has not changed accordingly.
commit 93e03bdc2a3dcd5d12516f5de78e14d88a32ff2c Author: Jaroslav Kysela <pe...@perex.cz> Date: Wed Apr 4 09:58:12 2018 +0200 alsa.conf: change the location for add-on configs to /etc/alsa/conf.d The add-on configuration files should be placed to a volatile place. Signed-off-by: Jaroslav Kysela <pe...@perex.cz> The steps to reproduce it: install ubuntu 19.04 on a machine (any machines with audio capablilities) after booting up, cd /tmp; arecord test.wav; aplay test.wav, then the aplay will fail. And from then on, both aplay and arecord can't work anymore. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1824103 Title: aplay record file failed always. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1824103/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs