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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: Confirmed => 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/1122975 Title: Pulseaudio crash with AMD 7870 XT hdmi Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Since I installed the new 7870 XT card (Tahiti based) I had no more sound. I use the beta AMD drivers for display (steam user). nael@zeus-linux:~$ dpkg -l | grep fgl ii fglrx-amdcccle-experimental-9 2:9.010-0ubuntu0.3 Catalyst Control Center for the AMD graphics accelerators ii fglrx-experimental-9 2:9.010-0ubuntu0.3 Experimental AMD binary Xorg driver and kernel module Pulseaudio is crashing when I log : Feb 10 18:44:12 zeus-linux kernel: [ 28.660722] Process pulseaudio (pid: 2172, ti=ec8ca000 task=edb29960 task.ti=ec8ca000) Feb 10 18:44:12 zeus-linux kernel: [ 28.660723] Stack: Feb 10 18:44:12 zeus-linux kernel: [ 28.660724] f8a07b73 00000080 ee7cb438 edb4cac0 ee61ee2c ee7cb400 edadb900 ec8cbd88 Feb 10 18:44:12 zeus-linux kernel: [ 28.660728] 00000000 edb29960 ec8cbd54 f8a47fc3 ec8cbd48 edadb900 ee7a0600 00000000 Feb 10 18:44:12 zeus-linux kernel: [ 28.660732] ec8cbd98 f8a480aa ec8cbd88 00000000 00000000 ee7a06f4 ee855000 ee7a06e0 Feb 10 18:44:12 zeus-linux kernel: [ 28.660736] Call Trace: Feb 10 18:44:12 zeus-linux kernel: [ 28.660740] [<f8a07b73>] ? azx_pcm_open+0x1d3/0x280 [snd_hda_intel] Feb 10 18:44:12 zeus-linux kernel: [ 28.660746] [<f8a47fc3>] snd_pcm_open_substream+0x53/0x90 [snd_pcm] Feb 10 18:44:12 zeus-linux kernel: [ 28.660749] [<f8a480aa>] snd_pcm_open+0xaa/0x250 [snd_pcm] Feb 10 18:44:12 zeus-linux kernel: [ 28.660753] [<c1054130>] ? try_to_wake_up+0x190/0x190 Feb 10 18:44:12 zeus-linux kernel: [ 28.660758] [<f8936044>] ? snd_lookup_minor_data+0x44/0x70 [snd] Feb 10 18:44:12 zeus-linux kernel: [ 28.660762] [<f8a48302>] snd_pcm_playback_open+0x42/0x60 [snd_pcm] Feb 10 18:44:12 zeus-linux kernel: [ 28.660766] [<f8936554>] snd_open+0xd4/0x260 [snd] Feb 10 18:44:12 zeus-linux kernel: [ 28.660769] [<c138857c>] ? kobj_lookup+0xfc/0x1a0 Feb 10 18:44:12 zeus-linux kernel: [ 28.660772] [<c1149175>] chrdev_open+0xb5/0x1e0 Feb 10 18:44:12 zeus-linux kernel: [ 28.660775] [<c114317e>] __dentry_open+0x25e/0x310 Feb 10 18:44:12 zeus-linux kernel: [ 28.660777] [<c11490c0>] ? cdev_put+0x20/0x20 Feb 10 18:44:12 zeus-linux kernel: [ 28.660779] [<c11436fa>] vfs_open+0x3a/0x50 Feb 10 18:44:12 zeus-linux kernel: [ 28.660781] [<c1144629>] nameidata_to_filp+0x39/0x40 Feb 10 18:44:12 zeus-linux kernel: [ 28.660784] [<c1151b57>] do_last+0x367/0x660 Feb 10 18:44:12 zeus-linux kernel: [ 28.660785] [<c1152e84>] path_openat+0xa4/0x350 Feb 10 18:44:12 zeus-linux kernel: [ 28.660789] [<c117cc04>] ? fsnotify_put_event+0x44/0x60 Feb 10 18:44:12 zeus-linux kernel: [ 28.660791] [<c117cc04>] ? fsnotify_put_event+0x44/0x60 Feb 10 18:44:12 zeus-linux kernel: [ 28.660793] [<c1153241>] do_filp_open+0x31/0x80 Feb 10 18:44:12 zeus-linux kernel: [ 28.660796] [<c12b8e68>] ? strncpy_from_user+0x38/0x70 Feb 10 18:44:12 zeus-linux kernel: [ 28.660798] [<c115e863>] ? alloc_fd+0xa3/0xe0 Feb 10 18:44:12 zeus-linux kernel: [ 28.660800] [<c114471d>] do_sys_open+0xed/0x210 Feb 10 18:44:12 zeus-linux kernel: [ 28.660804] [<f893b3c0>] ? snd_ctl_elem_add_user+0x70/0x70 [snd] Feb 10 18:44:12 zeus-linux kernel: [ 28.660806] [<c114486e>] sys_open+0x2e/0x40 Feb 10 18:44:12 zeus-linux kernel: [ 28.660810] [<c15af55f>] sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x28 Feb 10 18:44:12 zeus-linux kernel: [ 28.660811] Code: Bad EIP value. Feb 10 18:44:12 zeus-linux kernel: [ 28.660813] EIP: [<00000000>] 0x0 SS:ESP 0068:ec8cbd14 Feb 10 18:44:12 zeus-linux kernel: [ 28.660816] CR2: 0000000000000000 Feb 10 18:44:12 zeus-linux kernel: [ 28.660818] ---[ end trace 9f2b0942f6c31f6f ]--- The workaround I used is to disable to automatic module loading in /etc/pulse/default.pa. It works now with the workaround. nael@zeus-linux:/var/log$ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS Release: 12.04 nael@zeus-linux:/var/log$ apt-cache policy pulseaudio pulseaudio: Installé : 1:1.1-0ubuntu15.2 Candidat : 1:1.1-0ubuntu15.2 Table de version : *** 1:1.1-0ubuntu15.2 0 500 http://mir2.ovh.net/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1:1.1-0ubuntu15 0 500 http://mir2.ovh.net/ubuntu/ precise/main i386 Packages 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main i386 Packages ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: pulseaudio 1:1.1-0ubuntu15.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-37.58-generic-pae 3.2.35 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-37-generic-pae i686 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1 Architecture: i386 AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/snd/controlC1', '/dev/snd/hwC1D0', '/dev/snd/pcmC1D3p', '/dev/snd/pcmC1D7p', '/dev/snd/pcmC1D8p', '/dev/snd/pcmC1D9p', '/dev/snd/by-path', '/dev/snd/by-id', '/dev/snd/controlC2', '/dev/snd/pcmC2D0c', '/dev/snd/controlC0', '/dev/snd/hwC0D0', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0c', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D1p', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D2c', '/dev/snd/seq', '/dev/snd/timer'] failed with exit code 1: Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xfe8f8000 irq 43' Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC883' Components : 'HDA:10ec0883,1043829f,00100002' Controls : 45 Simple ctrls : 21 Card1.Amixer.info: Card hw:1 'Generic'/'HD-Audio Generic at 0xfe9fc000 irq 44' Mixer name : 'ATI R6xx HDMI' Components : 'HDA:1002aa01,00aa0100,00100300' Controls : 0 Simple ctrls : 0 Card1.Amixer.values: Card2.Amixer.info: Card hw:2 'Exchange'/'Guillemot Corporation Hercules Dualpix Exchange at usb-0000:00:1a.7-3, high spe' Mixer name : 'USB Mixer' Components : 'USB06f8:3005' Controls : 2 Simple ctrls : 1 Card2.Amixer.values: Simple mixer control 'Mic',0 Capabilities: cvolume cvolume-joined cswitch cswitch-joined penum Capture channels: Mono Limits: Capture 0 - 3328 Mono: Capture 0 [0%] [18.00dB] [on] Date: Tue Feb 12 12:12:47 2013 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429) MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: pulseaudio UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-05-01 (286 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 10/14/2008 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 1201 dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.board.name: P5K dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC. dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1201:bd10/14/2008:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnP5K:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP5K:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: P5K dmi.product.version: System Version dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer modified.conffile..etc.pulse.default.pa: [modified] mtime.conffile..etc.pulse.default.pa: 2013-02-12T11:57:02.065763 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1122975/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
