Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. Ubuntu 12.04 (precise) reached end-of-life on April 28, 2017.
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: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to pulseaudio in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1053209 Title: sound stops working until reboot Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: in xubuntu 12.04, using optical output, the sound will randomly stop working until I reboot or restart pulseaudio. --- ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: ill 1696 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: ill 1696 F.... pulseaudio DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-12-27 (156 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.1) MarkForUpload: True NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: pulseaudio 1:3.0-0ubuntu6 PackageArchitecture: amd64 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-22.33-generic 3.8.11 Tags: raring Uname: Linux 3.8.0-22-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-05-07 (25 days ago) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo dmi.bios.date: 05/30/2012 dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc. dmi.bios.version: F6 dmi.board.name: GA-970A-UD3 dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. dmi.board.version: x.x dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF6:bd05/30/2012:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnGA-970A-UD3:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnGA-970A-UD3:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr: dmi.product.name: GA-970A-UD3 dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1053209/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

