One fix is to use older javax.sound.sampled implementation (use sun.media, not icedtea.pulseaudio):
$ cat /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/jre/lib/sound.properties javax.sound.sampled.Clip=com.sun.media.sound.DirectAudioDeviceProvider javax.sound.sampled.Port=com.sun.media.sound.PortMixerProvider javax.sound.sampled.SourceDataLine=com.sun.media.sound.DirectAudioDeviceProvider javax.sound.sampled.TargetDataLine=com.sun.media.sound.DirectAudioDeviceProvider -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2154648 Title: Swing UI application freezes on blocked AWT EventQueue by PulseAudio Eventloop Thread To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-8/+bug/2154648/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
