I started experiencing this error recently. In my HP pavilion laptop, Ubuntu freezes all of a sudden and becomes unusable that I need to restart the machine. I could see the below errors in syslog that are logged exactly when the freeze happens:
Feb 18 11:33:19 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_avail() returned a value that is exceptionally large: 358640 bytes (2033 ms). Feb 18 11:33:20 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: Most likely this is a bug in the ALSA driver 'snd_hda_intel'. Please report this issue to the ALSA developers. Feb 18 11:33:21 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump(): Feb 18 11:33:21 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: Soft volume PCM Feb 18 11:33:22 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: Control: PCM Playback Volume Feb 18 11:33:22 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: min_dB: -51 Feb 18 11:33:22 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: max_dB: 0 Feb 18 11:33:22 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: resolution: 256 Feb 18 11:33:22 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: Its setup is: Feb 18 11:33:22 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: stream : PLAYBACK Feb 18 11:33:22 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED Feb 18 11:33:22 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE Feb 18 11:33:22 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: subformat : STD Feb 18 11:33:22 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: channels : 2 Feb 18 11:33:22 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: rate : 44100 Feb 18 11:33:22 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: exact rate : 44100 (44100/1) Feb 18 11:33:22 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: msbits : 16 Feb 18 11:33:22 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 16384 Feb 18 11:33:22 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: period_size : 8192 Feb 18 11:33:22 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: period_time : 185759 Feb 18 11:33:22 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE Feb 18 11:33:22 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: period_step : 1 Feb 18 11:33:22 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: avail_min : 8192 Feb 18 11:33:22 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: period_event : 0 Feb 18 11:33:22 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: start_threshold : -1 Feb 18 11:33:22 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: stop_threshold : 4611686018427387904 Feb 18 11:33:22 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: silence_threshold: 0 Feb 18 11:33:22 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: silence_size : 0 Feb 18 11:33:22 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: boundary : 4611686018427387904 Feb 18 11:33:22 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: Slave: Hardware PCM card 1 'HDA Intel PCH' device 0 subdevice 0 Feb 18 11:33:22 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: Its setup is: Feb 18 11:33:22 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: stream : PLAYBACK Feb 18 11:33:22 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED Feb 18 11:33:22 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE Feb 18 11:33:22 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: subformat : STD Feb 18 11:33:22 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: channels : 2 Feb 18 11:33:22 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: rate : 44100 Feb 18 11:33:22 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: exact rate : 44100 (44100/1) Feb 18 11:33:22 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: msbits : 16 Feb 18 11:33:22 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 16384 Feb 18 11:33:22 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: period_size : 8192 Feb 18 11:33:22 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: period_time : 185759 Feb 18 11:33:22 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE Feb 18 11:33:22 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: period_step : 1 Feb 18 11:33:22 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: avail_min : 8192 Feb 18 11:33:22 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: period_event : 0 Feb 18 11:33:22 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: start_threshold : -1 Feb 18 11:33:22 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: stop_threshold : 4611686018427387904 Feb 18 11:33:22 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: silence_threshold: 0 Feb 18 11:33:22 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: silence_size : 0 Feb 18 11:33:22 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: boundary : 4611686018427387904 Feb 18 11:33:22 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: appl_ptr : 30696156 Feb 18 11:33:22 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: hw_ptr : 30769432 Feb 18 11:33:22 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_delay() returned a value that is exceptionally large: -706448 bytes (-4004 ms). Feb 18 11:33:23 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: Most likely this is a bug in the ALSA driver 'snd_hda_intel'. Please report this issue to the ALSA developers. Feb 18 11:33:23 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump(): Feb 18 11:33:24 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: Soft volume PCM Feb 18 11:33:24 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: Control: PCM Playback Volume Feb 18 11:33:24 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: min_dB: -51 Feb 18 11:33:24 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: max_dB: 0 Feb 18 11:33:24 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: resolution: 256 Feb 18 11:33:24 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: Its setup is: Feb 18 11:33:24 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: stream : PLAYBACK Feb 18 11:33:24 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED Feb 18 11:33:24 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE Feb 18 11:33:24 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: subformat : STD Feb 18 11:33:24 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: channels : 2 Feb 18 11:33:24 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: rate : 44100 Feb 18 11:33:24 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: exact rate : 44100 (44100/1) Feb 18 11:33:24 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: msbits : 16 Feb 18 11:33:24 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 16384 Feb 18 11:33:24 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: period_size : 8192 Feb 18 11:33:24 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: period_time : 185759 Feb 18 11:33:24 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE Feb 18 11:33:24 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: period_step : 1 Feb 18 11:33:24 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: avail_min : 8192 Feb 18 11:33:24 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: period_event : 0 Feb 18 11:33:24 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: start_threshold : -1 Feb 18 11:33:24 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: stop_threshold : 4611686018427387904 Feb 18 11:33:24 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: silence_threshold: 0 Feb 18 11:33:24 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: silence_size : 0 Feb 18 11:33:24 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: boundary : 4611686018427387904 Feb 18 11:33:24 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: Slave: Hardware PCM card 1 'HDA Intel PCH' device 0 subdevice 0 Feb 18 11:33:24 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: Its setup is: Feb 18 11:33:24 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: stream : PLAYBACK Feb 18 11:33:24 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED Feb 18 11:33:24 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE Feb 18 11:33:24 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: subformat : STD Feb 18 11:33:24 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: channels : 2 Feb 18 11:33:24 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: rate : 44100 Feb 18 11:33:24 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: exact rate : 44100 (44100/1) Feb 18 11:33:24 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: msbits : 16 Feb 18 11:33:24 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 16384 Feb 18 11:33:24 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: period_size : 8192 Feb 18 11:33:24 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: period_time : 185759 Feb 18 11:33:24 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE Feb 18 11:33:24 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: period_step : 1 Feb 18 11:33:24 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: avail_min : 8192 Feb 18 11:33:24 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: period_event : 0 Feb 18 11:33:24 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: start_threshold : -1 Feb 18 11:33:24 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: stop_threshold : 4611686018427387904 Feb 18 11:33:24 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: silence_threshold: 0 Feb 18 11:33:24 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: silence_size : 0 Feb 18 11:33:24 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: boundary : 4611686018427387904 Feb 18 11:33:24 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: appl_ptr : 30750660 Feb 18 11:33:24 Mukani pulseaudio[4637]: [alsa-sink-ALC3227 Analog] alsa-util.c: hw_ptr : 30927272 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to pulseaudio in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1274115 Title: snd_pcm_avail() returned a value that is exceptionally large Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Sometimese sound begins stutter while listen to music or watching youtube. In syslog I see: Jan 29 16:31:08 bazilio-laptop pulseaudio[2155]: [alsa-sink-ALC271X Analog] alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_avail() returned a value that is exceptionally large: 866944 bytes (4914 ms). Jan 29 16:31:08 bazilio-laptop pulseaudio[2155]: [alsa-sink-ALC271X Analog] alsa-util.c: Most likely this is a bug in the ALSA driver 'snd_hda_intel'. Please report this issue to the ALSA developers. I'm using Kubuntu 13.10 $ uname -a Linux bazilio-laptop 3.11.0-15-generic #23-Ubuntu SMP Mon Dec 9 18:17:04 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux $ kde4-config --version Qt: 4.8.4 KDE Development Platform: 4.12.0 kde4-config: 1.0 $ pulseaudio --version pulseaudio 4.0 $ alsactl --version alsactl version 1.0.27.1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1274115/+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
