Public bug reported: Every so often, I get endless notifications:
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/463847/gnome-software- additional-multimedia-codecs-required-message-unclosable/615978#615978 The message is something like 'An application is requesting additional codecs' and given how flickery the notification is in the icon bar's notification list, it's creating several such notifications per second. Top shows 'kaccess' is very busy, and ps -axf shows 2715 ? Sl 3:51 \_ /usr/bin/kaccess 18856 ? R 0:00 | \_ /usr/bin/gstreamer-codec-install gstreamer|1.0|kaccess|Vorbis decoder|decoder-audio/x-vorbis killing kaccess stops the flood of notifications. I'm guessing that kaccess is trying to alert about a notification by playing a Vorbis sound file for which is doesn't have the codec, so it's trying to load the codec, which means it needs to play a sound... for which it doesn't have the codec, etc. 1. ALL notifications should name the PROGRAM and DATA KEY+VALUE involved: kaccess is requesting additional codecs to play notification-sound /home/tim/sound/broken_audio_file.ogg' 2. Notifications should be RATE LIMITED, and/or have a 'dismiss this and identical notifications for 1 minute / 5 minutes / Forever 3. Fix whatever is causing the infinite loop, please. 4. Would be nice: have a button to open the settings to the place where the broken sound file is selected. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: plasma-desktop 4:5.12.9.1-0ubuntu0.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-53.59~18.04.1-generic 5.4.65 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-53-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.20 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: KDE Date: Tue Nov 24 11:47:42 2020 InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-06-05 (902 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426) SourcePackage: plasma-desktop UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: plasma-desktop (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic kaccess ** Description changed: Every so often, I get endless notifications: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/463847/gnome-software- additional-multimedia-codecs-required-message-unclosable/615978#615978 The message is something like 'An application is requesting additional codecs' and given how flickery the notification is in the icon bar's - notification list, it's creating serveral such notifications per second. + notification list, it's creating several such notifications per second. Top shows 'kaccess' is very busy, and ps -axf shows - 2715 ? Sl 3:51 \_ /usr/bin/kaccess + 2715 ? Sl 3:51 \_ /usr/bin/kaccess 18856 ? R 0:00 | \_ /usr/bin/gstreamer-codec-install gstreamer|1.0|kaccess|Vorbis decoder|decoder-audio/x-vorbis so I'm guessing that it's trying to alert about a notification by playing a Vorbis sound file for which is doesn't have the codec, so it's trying to load the codec, which means it needs to play a sound... for which it doesn't have the codec, etc. 1. ALL notifications should NAME THE PROGRAM and DATA involved: kaccess is requesting additional codecs to play /home/tim/sound/broken_audio_file.ogg' 2. Notifications should be RATE LIMITED, and/or have a 'dismiss this and identical notifications for 1 minute / 5 minutes / Forever 3. Fix whatever is causing the infinite loop, please. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: plasma-desktop 4:5.12.9.1-0ubuntu0.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-53.59~18.04.1-generic 5.4.65 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-53-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.20 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: KDE Date: Tue Nov 24 11:47:42 2020 InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-06-05 (902 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426) SourcePackage: plasma-desktop UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Description changed: Every so often, I get endless notifications: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/463847/gnome-software- additional-multimedia-codecs-required-message-unclosable/615978#615978 The message is something like 'An application is requesting additional codecs' and given how flickery the notification is in the icon bar's notification list, it's creating several such notifications per second. Top shows 'kaccess' is very busy, and ps -axf shows 2715 ? Sl 3:51 \_ /usr/bin/kaccess 18856 ? R 0:00 | \_ /usr/bin/gstreamer-codec-install gstreamer|1.0|kaccess|Vorbis decoder|decoder-audio/x-vorbis - so I'm guessing that it's trying to alert about a notification by + killing kaccess stops the flood of notifications. + + I'm guessing that kaccess is trying to alert about a notification by playing a Vorbis sound file for which is doesn't have the codec, so it's trying to load the codec, which means it needs to play a sound... for which it doesn't have the codec, etc. 1. ALL notifications should NAME THE PROGRAM and DATA involved: kaccess is requesting additional codecs to play /home/tim/sound/broken_audio_file.ogg' 2. Notifications should be RATE LIMITED, and/or have a 'dismiss this and identical notifications for 1 minute / 5 minutes / Forever 3. Fix whatever is causing the infinite loop, please. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: plasma-desktop 4:5.12.9.1-0ubuntu0.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-53.59~18.04.1-generic 5.4.65 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-53-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.20 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: KDE Date: Tue Nov 24 11:47:42 2020 InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-06-05 (902 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426) SourcePackage: plasma-desktop UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Description changed: Every so often, I get endless notifications: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/463847/gnome-software- additional-multimedia-codecs-required-message-unclosable/615978#615978 The message is something like 'An application is requesting additional codecs' and given how flickery the notification is in the icon bar's notification list, it's creating several such notifications per second. Top shows 'kaccess' is very busy, and ps -axf shows 2715 ? Sl 3:51 \_ /usr/bin/kaccess 18856 ? R 0:00 | \_ /usr/bin/gstreamer-codec-install gstreamer|1.0|kaccess|Vorbis decoder|decoder-audio/x-vorbis killing kaccess stops the flood of notifications. I'm guessing that kaccess is trying to alert about a notification by playing a Vorbis sound file for which is doesn't have the codec, so it's trying to load the codec, which means it needs to play a sound... for which it doesn't have the codec, etc. - 1. ALL notifications should NAME THE PROGRAM and DATA involved: kaccess is requesting additional codecs to play /home/tim/sound/broken_audio_file.ogg' + 1. ALL notifications should NAME THE PROGRAM and DATA KEY+VALUE involved: kaccess is requesting additional codecs to play notification-sound /home/tim/sound/broken_audio_file.ogg' 2. Notifications should be RATE LIMITED, and/or have a 'dismiss this and identical notifications for 1 minute / 5 minutes / Forever 3. Fix whatever is causing the infinite loop, please. + 4. Would be nice: have a button to open the settings to the place where the broken sound file is selected. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: plasma-desktop 4:5.12.9.1-0ubuntu0.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-53.59~18.04.1-generic 5.4.65 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-53-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.20 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: KDE Date: Tue Nov 24 11:47:42 2020 InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-06-05 (902 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426) SourcePackage: plasma-desktop UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Description changed: Every so often, I get endless notifications: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/463847/gnome-software- additional-multimedia-codecs-required-message-unclosable/615978#615978 The message is something like 'An application is requesting additional codecs' and given how flickery the notification is in the icon bar's notification list, it's creating several such notifications per second. Top shows 'kaccess' is very busy, and ps -axf shows 2715 ? Sl 3:51 \_ /usr/bin/kaccess 18856 ? R 0:00 | \_ /usr/bin/gstreamer-codec-install gstreamer|1.0|kaccess|Vorbis decoder|decoder-audio/x-vorbis killing kaccess stops the flood of notifications. I'm guessing that kaccess is trying to alert about a notification by playing a Vorbis sound file for which is doesn't have the codec, so it's trying to load the codec, which means it needs to play a sound... for which it doesn't have the codec, etc. - 1. ALL notifications should NAME THE PROGRAM and DATA KEY+VALUE involved: kaccess is requesting additional codecs to play notification-sound /home/tim/sound/broken_audio_file.ogg' + 1. ALL notifications should name the PROGRAM and DATA KEY+VALUE involved: kaccess is requesting additional codecs to play notification-sound /home/tim/sound/broken_audio_file.ogg' 2. Notifications should be RATE LIMITED, and/or have a 'dismiss this and identical notifications for 1 minute / 5 minutes / Forever 3. Fix whatever is causing the infinite loop, please. 4. Would be nice: have a button to open the settings to the place where the broken sound file is selected. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: plasma-desktop 4:5.12.9.1-0ubuntu0.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-53.59~18.04.1-generic 5.4.65 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-53-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.20 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: KDE Date: Tue Nov 24 11:47:42 2020 InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-06-05 (902 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426) SourcePackage: plasma-desktop UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Summary changed: - kaccess repeatedly tries to install some missing Vorbis coded, spamming with notifications + kaccess repeatedly tries to install some missing Vorbis codec, spamming with notifications -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1905403 Title: kaccess repeatedly tries to install some missing Vorbis codec, spamming with notifications To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plasma-desktop/+bug/1905403/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
