[Desktop-packages] [Bug 997482] Re: High CPU & IO usage after starting VirtualBox
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1750947 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1750947 ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 1274115 snd_pcm_avail() returned a value that is exceptionally large ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1750947 pulseaudio print lots of error when selecting unavailable profile -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to alsa-driver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/997482 Title: High CPU & IO usage after starting VirtualBox Status in alsa-driver package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Operating system: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (up-to-date) with kernel 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64 System: HP EliteBook 8440p Core i7-640M / 4g 500gb 14” Package version: 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu1 Occurences: 1 (that's the first time I have this issue) Problem: - VirtualBox was opened and try to send sound through alsa drivers. - System nearly freezes and the harddrive is working hard. - When I get the system back, there were some logs in the /var/log/syslog: May 10 07:58:15 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_avail() returned a value that is exceptionally large: 866268 bytes (4910 ms). May 10 07:58:17 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: Most likely this is a bug in the ALSA driver 'snd_hda_intel'. Please report this issue to the ALSA developers. May 10 07:58:17 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump(): May 10 07:58:17 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: Soft volume PCM May 10 07:58:17 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: Control: PCM Playback Volume May 10 07:58:17 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: min_dB: -51 May 10 07:58:17 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: max_dB: 0 May 10 07:58:20 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: resolution: 256 May 10 07:58:22 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: Its setup is: May 10 07:58:22 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: stream : PLAYBACK May 10 07:58:22 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED May 10 07:58:22 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE May 10 07:58:22 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: subformat: STD May 10 07:58:22 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: channels : 2 May 10 07:58:22 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: rate : 44100 May 10 07:58:22 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: exact rate : 44100 (44100/1) May 10 07:58:22 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: msbits : 16 May 10 07:58:22 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 16384 May 10 07:58:22 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: period_size : 8192 May 10 07:58:22 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: period_time : 185759 May 10 07:58:22 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE May 10 07:58:22 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: period_step : 1 May 10 07:58:24 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: avail_min: 8192 May 10 07:58:24 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: period_event : 0 May 10 07:58:24 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: start_threshold : -1 May 10 07:58:24 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: stop_threshold : 4611686018427387904 May 10 07:58:24 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: silence_threshold: 0 May 10 07:58:24 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: silence_size : 0 May 10 07:58:24 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: boundary : 4611686018427387904 May 10 07:58:24 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: Slave: Hardware PCM card 0 'HDA Intel' device 0 subdevice 0 May 10 07:58:24 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: Its setup is: May 10 07:58:24 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: stream : PLAYBACK May 10 07:58:24 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED May 10 07:58:24 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE May 10 07:58:24 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: subformat: STD May 10 07:58:24 inf-p-ols dbus[1072]: [system] Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher': timed out May 10 07:58:24 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: channels : 2 May 10 07:58:24 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: rate : 44100 May 10 07:58:24 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: exact rate : 44100
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 997482] Re: High CPU & IO usage after starting VirtualBox
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1274115 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1274115 Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 1274115, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find. ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1274115 snd_pcm_avail() returned a value that is exceptionally large -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to alsa-driver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/997482 Title: High CPU & IO usage after starting VirtualBox Status in alsa-driver package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Operating system: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (up-to-date) with kernel 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64 System: HP EliteBook 8440p Core i7-640M / 4g 500gb 14” Package version: 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu1 Occurences: 1 (that's the first time I have this issue) Problem: - VirtualBox was opened and try to send sound through alsa drivers. - System nearly freezes and the harddrive is working hard. - When I get the system back, there were some logs in the /var/log/syslog: May 10 07:58:15 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_avail() returned a value that is exceptionally large: 866268 bytes (4910 ms). May 10 07:58:17 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: Most likely this is a bug in the ALSA driver 'snd_hda_intel'. Please report this issue to the ALSA developers. May 10 07:58:17 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump(): May 10 07:58:17 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: Soft volume PCM May 10 07:58:17 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: Control: PCM Playback Volume May 10 07:58:17 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: min_dB: -51 May 10 07:58:17 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: max_dB: 0 May 10 07:58:20 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: resolution: 256 May 10 07:58:22 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: Its setup is: May 10 07:58:22 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: stream : PLAYBACK May 10 07:58:22 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED May 10 07:58:22 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE May 10 07:58:22 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: subformat: STD May 10 07:58:22 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: channels : 2 May 10 07:58:22 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: rate : 44100 May 10 07:58:22 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: exact rate : 44100 (44100/1) May 10 07:58:22 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: msbits : 16 May 10 07:58:22 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 16384 May 10 07:58:22 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: period_size : 8192 May 10 07:58:22 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: period_time : 185759 May 10 07:58:22 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE May 10 07:58:22 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: period_step : 1 May 10 07:58:24 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: avail_min: 8192 May 10 07:58:24 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: period_event : 0 May 10 07:58:24 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: start_threshold : -1 May 10 07:58:24 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: stop_threshold : 4611686018427387904 May 10 07:58:24 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: silence_threshold: 0 May 10 07:58:24 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: silence_size : 0 May 10 07:58:24 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: boundary : 4611686018427387904 May 10 07:58:24 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: Slave: Hardware PCM card 0 'HDA Intel' device 0 subdevice 0 May 10 07:58:24 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: Its setup is: May 10 07:58:24 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: stream : PLAYBACK May 10 07:58:24 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED May 10 07:58:24 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE May 10 07:58:24 inf-p-ols pulseaudio[2557]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: subformat: STD May 10 07:58:24 inf-p-
