I have the same problem: every once in a while, PA hangs. However the real problem is that it locks the whole Gnome session: - newly started applications hang (but don't die) before they can even display their window; - I can't logout; - already running applications keep on working. If switch to a VT and killall -KILL pulseaudio, all the applications I lauched (or tried to lauch) unlock and finish loading. It is as if my mouse clicks were recorded and get replayed all at once pulseaudio dies.
There is more than one bug behind this: some in PA, others in libgnome and libesd. In particular libgnome and libesd cause applications to freeze while loading if PA does not respond. Jeffrey Stedfast talked about these issues on Planet Gnome this July. See here http://jeffreystedfast.blogspot.com/search/label/pulseaudio for more infos. In particular: 1) GNOME-BUG #542391: libesd should not block if the daemon dies/hangs/whatever 2) GNOME-BUG #542296: gnome_sound needs to handle pa hangs more gracefully 3) PA ticket #321 [http://www.pulseaudio.org/ticket/321]: pulseaudio continually locks up my GNOME desktop Note that gnome bug #542391 is fixed in esound-0.2.39 (but I have 0.2.38-0ubuntu9 in Hardy), gnome bug #54229 (on libgnome) should be fixed too (but I can't understand if this fix is in Hardy) and ticket #321 seems not to affect Intrepid users (as stated by the last comment by ali1234 there). ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #542296 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=542296 ** Also affects: pulseaudio via http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=542296 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Also affects: libgnome via http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=542296 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Changed in: pulseaudio Bugwatch: GNOME Bug Tracker #542296 => PulseAudio sound server #321 ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #542391 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=542391 ** Also affects: esound via http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=542391 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- Pulseaudio stalls and prevents other applications from starting https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/230837 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
