Public bug reported: Binary package hint: pulseaudio
Every few hours I notice that PulseAudio has started maxing CPU usage on one core. Killing it with a normal SIGTERM restores normality. Although I have had comparable problems in the past with earlier versions of Ubuntu, it was only quite recently that the current spate started, perhaps a few days or a couple of weeks. This bug sounds in some respects like https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/478658. However I haven't noticed any other application being heavy on the CPU (apart from X and Firefox, but that's normal). In any case I can't think what other application could be involved, since Skype is inactive, audio and video applications are not loaded, and browsers aren't playing any media (using or not using Flash plugin). That said, even though I generally don't have Flash loaded in Firefox (I have FlashBlock), sometimes I have Flash loaded, but inactive, in an instance of Prism, however I didn't have Prism running when the misbehaviour started this afternoon. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: robert 28984 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: robert 2759 F.... kmix robert 28984 F.... pulseaudio Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xfe100000 irq 17' Mixer name : 'Conexant CX20549 (Venice)' Components : 'HDA:14f15045,17aa20db,00100100' Controls : 18 Simple ctrls : 8 Card1.Amixer.info: Card hw:1 'UA1EX'/'EDIROL UA-1EX at usb-0000:00:1d.0-2, full speed' Mixer name : 'USB Mixer' Components : 'USB0582:0097' Controls : 0 Simple ctrls : 0 Card1.Amixer.values: Date: Tue Mar 2 12:51:55 2010 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027) Package: pulseaudio 1:0.9.19-0ubuntu4.1 ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE= PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: pulseaudio Uname: Linux 2.6.31.6-rt19 x86_64 UserAsoundrc: # ALSA library configuration file # Include settings that are under the control of asoundconf(1). # (To disable these settings, comment out this line.) </home/robert/.asoundrc.asoundconf> ** Affects: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug -- pulseaudio starts to hog CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/530643 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
