[Ubuntustudio-bugs] [Bug 875660] Re: PA and knotify startup race leads to wrong device selection
Closed due to no response. ** Changed in: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Studio Bugs, which is subscribed to kde-runtime in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: Ubuntu Studio Bugs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/875660 Title: PA and knotify startup race leads to wrong device selection Status in Phonon: Unknown Status in kde-runtime package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: This appears to be a regression in Oneiric. I'm running Kubuntu with pulseaudio. I have on my motherboard intel hda analog audio and my graphics card (an ATI) had an HDMI out; by default I like the audio to come out of the analog output that is the only one connected. Sometimes logging into KDE I find that it's decided to switch to the HDMI as the default; today I caught it and did an lsof /dev/snd/* and found: knotify4 2276 dg memCHR 116,3 6691 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p knotify4 2276 dg 20r CHR 116,33 0t0 9995 /dev/snd/timer knotify4 2276 dg 21u CHR 116,3 0t0 6691 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p pulseaudi 2893 dg 24u CHR 116,9 0t0 6698 /dev/snd/controlC1 pulseaudi 2893 dg 31u CHR 116,6 0t0 6694 /dev/snd/controlC0 pulseaudi 2893 dg 38u CHR 116,6 0t0 6694 /dev/snd/controlC0 So knotify4 has hogged the analog output, and hence pa can't get in. So I kill knotify4, and do a pactl exit to restart pa - but pa then still lists the HDMI as the default output in paman, and I can't see a way to get it back to default without restarting everything. I'm also going to subscribe this bug to kde-runtime; I'm not sure who is supposed to manage the race between pa startup and anything else, and I'm not sure if it's a kubuntu special or KDE in general. Dave ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: pulseaudio 1:1.0-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64 AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: VT1708S Analog [VT1708S Analog] Subdevices: 2/2 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Subdevice #1: subdevice #1 AudioDevicesInUse: USERPID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: dg 4889 F pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: dg 4889 F pulseaudio Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xfbcf8000 irq 47' Mixer name : 'VIA VT1708S' Components : 'HDA:11060397,18490397,0010' Controls : 37 Simple ctrls : 21 Card1.Amixer.info: Card hw:1 'HDMI'/'HDA ATI HDMI at 0xfbffc000 irq 48' Mixer name : 'ATI R6xx HDMI' Components : 'HDA:1002aa01,00aa0100,00100100' Controls : 4 Simple ctrls : 1 Card1.Amixer.values: Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] CheckboxSubmission: f2d10bd9f943a85b486a282e7840a570 CheckboxSystem: 0531969bcfd4f03af7405c98dc94a948 Date: Sun Oct 16 12:31:37 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE= PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: pulseaudio UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-24 (21 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 09/10/2009 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: P1.50 dmi.board.name: P55M Pro dmi.board.vendor: ASRock dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrP1.50:bd09/10/2009:svnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvnASRock:rnP55MPro:rvr:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.: dmi.product.name: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.product.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.sys.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/phonon/+bug/875660/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntustudio-bugs Post to : ubuntustu
[Ubuntustudio-bugs] [Bug 875660] Re: PA and knotify startup race leads to wrong device selection
Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. Ubuntu 11.10 (oneiric) reached end-of-life on May 9, 2013. See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases We appreciate that this bug may be old and you might not be interested in discussing it any more. But if you are then please upgrade to the latest Ubuntu version and re-test. ** Changed in: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete ** Changed in: kde-runtime (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Studio Bugs, which is subscribed to kde-runtime in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: Ubuntu Studio Bugs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/875660 Title: PA and knotify startup race leads to wrong device selection Status in Phonon: Unknown Status in kde-runtime package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: This appears to be a regression in Oneiric. I'm running Kubuntu with pulseaudio. I have on my motherboard intel hda analog audio and my graphics card (an ATI) had an HDMI out; by default I like the audio to come out of the analog output that is the only one connected. Sometimes logging into KDE I find that it's decided to switch to the HDMI as the default; today I caught it and did an lsof /dev/snd/* and found: knotify4 2276 dg memCHR 116,3 6691 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p knotify4 2276 dg 20r CHR 116,33 0t0 9995 /dev/snd/timer knotify4 2276 dg 21u CHR 116,3 0t0 6691 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p pulseaudi 2893 dg 24u CHR 116,9 0t0 6698 /dev/snd/controlC1 pulseaudi 2893 dg 31u CHR 116,6 0t0 6694 /dev/snd/controlC0 pulseaudi 2893 dg 38u CHR 116,6 0t0 6694 /dev/snd/controlC0 So knotify4 has hogged the analog output, and hence pa can't get in. So I kill knotify4, and do a pactl exit to restart pa - but pa then still lists the HDMI as the default output in paman, and I can't see a way to get it back to default without restarting everything. I'm also going to subscribe this bug to kde-runtime; I'm not sure who is supposed to manage the race between pa startup and anything else, and I'm not sure if it's a kubuntu special or KDE in general. Dave ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: pulseaudio 1:1.0-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64 AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: VT1708S Analog [VT1708S Analog] Subdevices: 2/2 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Subdevice #1: subdevice #1 AudioDevicesInUse: USERPID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: dg 4889 F pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: dg 4889 F pulseaudio Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xfbcf8000 irq 47' Mixer name : 'VIA VT1708S' Components : 'HDA:11060397,18490397,0010' Controls : 37 Simple ctrls : 21 Card1.Amixer.info: Card hw:1 'HDMI'/'HDA ATI HDMI at 0xfbffc000 irq 48' Mixer name : 'ATI R6xx HDMI' Components : 'HDA:1002aa01,00aa0100,00100100' Controls : 4 Simple ctrls : 1 Card1.Amixer.values: Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] CheckboxSubmission: f2d10bd9f943a85b486a282e7840a570 CheckboxSystem: 0531969bcfd4f03af7405c98dc94a948 Date: Sun Oct 16 12:31:37 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE= PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: pulseaudio UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-24 (21 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 09/10/2009 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: P1.50 dmi.board.name: P55M Pro dmi.board.vendor: ASRock dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrP1.50:bd09/10/2009:svnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pnToBeFill