Also got the same error in journalctl: --- ● pulseaudio.service - Sound Service Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pulseaudio.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Wed 2021-04-14 06:43:42 CEST; 2h 20min ago TriggeredBy: ● pulseaudio.socket Main PID: 1277 (pulseaudio) CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/pulseaudio.service └─1277 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --daemonize=no --log-target=journal
apr 14 06:43:41 thecastles systemd[1271]: Starting Sound Service... apr 14 06:43:42 thecastles systemd[1271]: Started Sound Service. apr 14 08:59:35 thecastles pulseaudio[1277]: ALSA woke us up to write new data to the device, but there was actually nothing to write. apr 14 08:59:35 thecastles pulseaudio[1277]: Most likely this is a bug in the ALSA driver 'snd_hda_intel'. Please report this issue to the ALSA developers. apr 14 08:59:35 thecastles pulseaudio[1277]: We were woken up with POLLOUT set -- however a subsequent snd_pcm_avail() returned 0 or another value < min_avail. --- However, I didn't experience any issue with audio. Linux 5.8.0-48-generic #54~20.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Sat Mar 20 13:40:25 UTC 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Ubuntu 20.04.2 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1873641 Title: pulseaudio says: ALSA woke us up to write new data to the device, but there was actually nothing to write. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1873641/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs