I have now found that /desktop/gnome/sound/enable_esd was true on my system. Odd since there is no esd,
gconftool-2 --type bool --set /desktop/gnome/sound/enable_esd false has fixed sol. However, firefox still hangs. (gdb) where #0 0xb7fd2410 in __kernel_vsyscall () #1 0xb7fa7c38 in connect () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0 #2 0xb5f7074a in ?? () from /usr/lib/libesd.so.0 #3 0xb5f70e82 in esd_open_sound () from /usr/lib/libesd.so.0 #4 0xb786c314 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so #5 0xb7933781 in NS_InvokeByIndex_P () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so #6 0xb71872bb in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so #7 0xb718d06d in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so #8 0xb7c6c176 in js_Invoke () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libmozjs.so #9 0xb7c5f0ef in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libmozjs.so #10 0xb7c6c1c5 in js_Invoke () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libmozjs.so #11 0xb718494c in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so #12 0xb71800c5 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so #13 0xb7934290 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so #14 0xb7923b12 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so #15 0xb7923871 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so #16 0xb7179370 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so #17 0xb7933781 in NS_InvokeByIndex_P () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so #18 0xb71872bb in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so #19 0xb718d06d in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so #20 0xb7c6c176 in js_Invoke () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libmozjs.so #21 0xb7c5f0ef in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libmozjs.so #22 0xb7c6c1c5 in js_Invoke () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libmozjs.so #23 0xb718494c in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so #24 0xb71800c5 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so #25 0xb7934290 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so #26 0xb7923b12 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so #27 0xb7923871 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so #28 0xb7179370 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so #29 0xb7933781 in NS_InvokeByIndex_P () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so #30 0xb71872bb in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so #31 0xb718d06d in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so #32 0xb7c6c176 in js_Invoke () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libmozjs.so #33 0xb7c5f0ef in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libmozjs.so #34 0xb7c6c1c5 in js_Invoke () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libmozjs.so #35 0xb718494c in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so #36 0xb71800c5 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so #37 0xb7934290 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so -#38 0xb743c64d in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so #39 0xb743c9de in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so #40 0xb74531d7 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so #41 0xb74533a2 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so #42 0xb7453c9e in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so #43 0xb72bf5b9 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so #44 0xb769f2f9 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so #45 0xb76a9eac in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so #46 0xb76a1897 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so #47 0xb76b1ae3 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so #48 0xb76b1b8e in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so #49 0xb76b2708 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so #50 0xb76b2718 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so #51 0xb76b3334 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so #52 0xb71a8a51 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so #53 0xb73ff1c1 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so #54 0xb73fc4b5 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so #55 0xb7402711 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so #56 0xb7927496 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so #57 0xb78f6a83 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so #58 0xb7877efe in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so #59 0xb7707946 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so #60 0xb715c688 in XRE_main () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so #61 0x08049033 in ?? () #62 0xb7d3a450 in __libc_start_main () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 #63 0x08048cc1 in ?? () -- Upgrade of libasound2 to 1.0.16 on xubuntu 8.04 desktop causes many applications to 'hang' https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/240337 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