Public bug reported: On Ubuntu 13.04 after the latest pulseaudio update (1:3.0), my sound keeps breaking intermittently. The problem seems to be related to multiple audio sources playing/pausing at once. The way I can most reliably reproduce it is playing a song in Rhythmbox while getting Pidgin notification sounds; after pausing the song in Rhythmbox, audio stops functioning completely and pulseaudio must be terminated for it to come back. (Sometimes, even after terminating and restarting pulseaudio, sound still does not work until logout/login or reboot.)
I ran pulseaudio with logging enabled and saw that after sound stopped working, this output repeated itself every time I tried to produce a sound: ( 282.746| 3.257) D: [alsa-sink] protocol-native.c: Requesting rewind due to end of underrun. These errors were also frequent after the malfunction: ( 279.489| 0.000) D: [pulseaudio] module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo becomes busy. ( 284.375| 0.000) D: [alsa-sink] sink-input.c: Requesting rewind due to corking I've attached my entire pulseaudio log. There's a lot there because I threw a lot of sounds at it to reproduce the error, but hopefully it's helpful. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: pulseaudio 1:3.0-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-6.13-generic 3.8.0-rc7 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-6-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 2.8-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: polarimetric 7411 F.... pulseaudio Date: Sun Feb 17 02:24:44 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-02-09 (8 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha amd64+mac (20130208) MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: pulseaudio UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 01/24/12 dmi.bios.vendor: Apple Inc. dmi.bios.version: MBP81.88Z.0047.B27.1201241646 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag# dmi.board.name: Mac-94245A3940C91C80 dmi.board.vendor: Apple Inc. dmi.board.version: MacBookPro8,2 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Apple Inc. dmi.chassis.version: Mac-94245A3940C91C80 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAppleInc.:bvrMBP81.88Z.0047.B27.1201241646:bd01/24/12:svnAppleInc.:pnMacBookPro8,2:pvr1.0:rvnAppleInc.:rnMac-94245A3940C91C80:rvrMacBookPro8,2:cvnAppleInc.:ct10:cvrMac-94245A3940C91C80: dmi.product.name: MacBookPro8,2 dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: Apple Inc. ** Affects: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug raring running-unity ** Attachment added: "Pulseaudio log" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1127872/+attachment/3532658/+files/pulseverbose.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1127872 Title: Audio stops working, "requesting rewind due to end of overrun" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1127872/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs