I managed to find a workaround thanks to Dell tech support. This worked for me, though be careful, as it does involve removing a package without removing dependencies. Here's what we did:
sudo dpkg --remove --force-depends pulseaudio sudo apt install pulseaudio I haven't had the issue since even after a few reboots! It used to be very easy to reproduce previously. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1539209 Title: pulseaudio crashed with SIGABRT in pa_alsa_path_set_volume() To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1539209/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
