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 Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1824103 Title: aplay record file failed always. Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Test machine: ThinkPad X1 Carbon Image: Ubuntu Disco 19.04 CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8550U CPU @ 1.80GHz (family: 0x6, model: 0x8e, stepping: 0xa) GPU: Intel Corporation Device [8086:5917] (rev 07) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) BIOS: N23ET55W (1.30 ) Steps: 1. Install image 19.04 2. Login as default user 3. Open a terminal and type "$ arecord abc.wav" 4. Say something and let laptop recorded your words 5. Cancel the record, please press 'Ctrl + C' 6. Please type "$ aplay abc.wav" in terminal Expected result: The voice played smoothly. Actual result: Step 3, u@u-ThinkPad-X1-Carbon-6th:~$ arecord abc.wav Recording WAVE 'abc.wav' : Unsigned 8 bit, Rate 8000 Hz, Mono ^CAborted by signal Interrupt... arecord: pcm_read:2145: read error: Interrupted system call Step 6, u@u-ThinkPad-X1-Carbon-6th:~$ aplay abc.wav ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1108:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave aplay: main:828: audio open error: Device or resource busy To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1824103/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp