This bug report is vague regarding "some problems with pulseaudio, which means that occasionally the sound hardware goes down".
That sentence contains two /separate/ issues. Please provide links to the aforementioned bugs you've filed. -- when sound hardware fails, amarok locks the computer trying to play all songs in playlist https://launchpad.net/bugs/85791 -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs