I've observed this happen very frequently in Ubuntu 14.04 on my Dell XPS 13 (2012). It happens when I'm playing high bitrate FLAC files (from Bill Evan's Complete Village Vanguard if that helps to reproduce)
May 19 15:46:35 shanly-Dell-System-XPS-L322X pulseaudio[2661]: message repeated 12 times: [ [alsa-sink-ALC275 Analog] protocol-native.c: Failed to push data into queue] May 19 15:47:39 shanly-Dell-System-XPS-L322X pulseaudio[2661]: [alsa-sink-ALC275 Analog] ratelimit.c: 14 events suppressed May 19 15:47:39 shanly-Dell-System-XPS-L322X pulseaudio[2661]: [alsa-sink-ALC275 Analog] protocol-native.c: Failed to push data into queue -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/978604 Title: Banshee/Rhythmbox regularly stop playing audio when left on in the background To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/978604/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
