According to Debian's BTS, this was fixed in libao 1.1.0-1, so I will mark this bug as fixed in Ubuntu as well.
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #577645 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=577645 ** Also affects: libao (Debian) via http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=577645 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Changed in: libao (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libao in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/670568 Title: libao crashes when using pulseaudio Status in libao: Fix Released Status in “libao” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “libao” package in Debian: Unknown Bug description: 2010-11-03 15:03:51 EDT (Linux 2.6.35-23-generic) <[email protected]> ~/.../audio/ui $ ogg123 Unlock.ogg ERROR: Failed to load plugin /usr/lib/ao/plugins-4/libesd.so => dlopen() failed Audio Device: PulseAudio Output Playing: Unlock.ogg Ogg Vorbis stream: 1 channel, 44100 Hz Title: Unlock Artist: (c) 2010 Android Open Source Project Assertion 'p' failed at pulse/simple.c:384, function pa_simple_drain(). Aborting. Aborted This is in Ubuntu 10.10, presently fully up-to-date. There is an upstream bug report in the libao package here that appears to have a patch to fix the problem (I have not yet had a chance to test it): https://trac.xiph.org/ticket/1689 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 Package: libao4 1.0.0-4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-23.36-generic 2.6.35.7 Uname: Linux 2.6.35-23-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Nov 3 15:05:58 2010 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: libao To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/libao/+bug/670568/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

