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See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases We appreciate that this bug may be old and you might not be interested in discussing it any more. But if you are then please upgrade to the latest Ubuntu version and re-test. ** Changed in: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to pulseaudio in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1036946 Title: pulseaudio leaks memory, system heavily swapping Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: I was listening to a web radio with mplayer. I had directed the sound output with pavucontrol to another PC (direct connection, not via RTP). I then started to play a song with amarok (Version 2.5 with phonon-backend-gstreamer) over the internal sound card. Everything was fine until I switched amarok's output to the other PC (via pavuntrol). All sound stopped immediately and the system began to swap. I saw pulseaudio consume ~70% of my memory (of 4 GB). Killing pulseaudio made the system responsive again. Description: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS Release: 12.04 pulseaudio: Installed: 1:1.1-0ubuntu15.1 Candidate: 1:1.1-0ubuntu15.1 Version table: *** 1:1.1-0ubuntu15.1 0 500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1:1.1-0ubuntu15 0 500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages phonon-backend-gstreamer: Installed: 4:4.7.0really4.6.0-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 4:4.7.0really4.6.0-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 4:4.7.0really4.6.0-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status --- AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu12 Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: CONEXANT Analog [CONEXANT Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: benjamin 10813 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: benjamin 10813 F...m pulseaudio Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xd0600000 irq 16' Mixer name : 'Conexant CX20582 (Pebble)' Components : 'HDA:14f15066,17aa21b3,00100300' Controls : 9 Simple ctrls : 6 Card1.Amixer.info: Card hw:1 'HDMI'/'HDA ATI HDMI at 0xd0210000 irq 19' Mixer name : 'ATI RS690/780 HDMI' Components : 'HDA:1002791a,00791a00,00100000' Controls : 4 Simple ctrls : 1 Card1.Amixer.values: Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] Card29.Amixer.info: Card hw:29 'ThinkPadEC'/'ThinkPad Console Audio Control at EC reg 0x30, fw 6ZHT19WW-1.164000' Mixer name : 'ThinkPad EC 6ZHT19WW-1.164000' Components : '' Controls : 1 Simple ctrls : 1 Card29.Amixer.values: Simple mixer control 'Console',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100427) NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx Package: pulseaudio 1:1.1-0ubuntu15.1 PackageArchitecture: amd64 ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE= TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, user) LANG=de_DE.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-29.46-generic 3.2.24 Tags: precise Uname: Linux 3.2.0-29-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-05-08 (98 days ago) UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout fuse lpadmin netdev plugdev sambashare vboxusers video dmi.bios.date: 01/15/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: 6ZET25WW (1.12 ) dmi.board.name: INVALID dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: Not Available dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Not Available dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr6ZET25WW(1.12):bd01/15/2010:svnLENOVO:pn01972MG:pvrThinkPadEdge13"IAL#:rvnLENOVO:rnINVALID:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.name: 01972MG dmi.product.version: ThinkPad Edge 13"IAL# dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1036946/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
