It appears this stopped happening after 17.04 https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/9a5d1c6212dac0a988685cb691fdb5f0e39d69a4
** Changed in: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to pulseaudio in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1569066 Title: pulseaudio crashed with SIGABRT: *** stack smashing detected *** Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: The Ubuntu Error Tracker has been receiving reports about a problem regarding pulseaudio. This problem was most recently seen with version 1:6.0-0ubuntu13, the problem page at https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/9a5d1c6212dac0a988685cb691fdb5f0e39d69a4 contains more details. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1569066/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp