[Bug 1673942] Re: pulseaudio suddenly stops. No dmesg entries. Nothing in the syslog

2017-04-02 Thread john nunnington
SOLVED - after a couple of hints with Tanu Kaskinen, this is solved with the following entry in /etc/pulse/default.pa .ifexists module-udev-detect.so load-module module-udev-detect tsched_buffer_size=16384 The suggested cause is that the kernel doesn't allow sufficient time to process the default

[Bug 1673942] Re: pulseaudio suddenly stops. No dmesg entries. Nothing in the syslog

2017-03-29 Thread john nunnington
no problems for several days while outputting through analog-stereo. Am i just wasting my time to think that somebody might actually look at this? Other people have reported what look like similar conditions, that never seem to meet a resolution. If there are some detailed instructions about gene

[Bug 1673942] Re: pulseaudio suddenly stops. No dmesg entries. Nothing in the syslog

2017-03-24 Thread john nunnington
Nope. Running without the faulty RAM (4GB as opposed to 12GB) and RhythmBox runs continuously (hours) while Spotify halts and cannot resume when pulseaudio terminates and restarts. Syslog demonstrates pulseaudio death and auto respawn Mar 25 10:05:25 silverstone pulseaudio[6061]: [pulseaudio] mai

[Bug 1673942] Re: pulseaudio suddenly stops. No dmesg entries. Nothing in the syslog

2017-03-24 Thread john nunnington
i think i have narrowed this down to a faulty RAM (in excess of 30K errors). I will replace this shortly and retest but that would explain why a new build and my other desktop with a similar build are unaffected, and why the error conditions are somewhat erratic. Does it explain why the fault disa

[Bug 1673942] Re: pulseaudio suddenly stops. No dmesg entries. Nothing in the syslog

2017-03-20 Thread john nunnington
comparing pulseaudio configuration, some rtp modules were uncommented in the failing environment so these were commented back out; result, pulseaudio ran for about 26 minutes before failing. Daemon restarted (as configured) and sound settings retained the selected output device...but spotify is una

[Bug 1673942] Re: pulseaudio suddenly stops. No dmesg entries. Nothing in the syslog

2017-03-20 Thread john nunnington
installed 16.04-02 onto an SSD this morning and Spotify/Pulseaudio has been running for 2-3 hours with only a single hiccup where Spotify just stopped - but pulseaudio daemon was still running and restarting Spotify solved the lack of music. -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 1673942] Re: pulseaudio suddenly stops. No dmesg entries. Nothing in the syslog

2017-03-19 Thread john nunnington
output from 'pacmd list'. I wasn't looking closely at this, but it looked like the PA daemon fell over while trying to execute the pacmd verb. I'm plugged into the motherboard sound output, and typically it is "stable" from there. ** Attachment added: "pacmd.list.out" https://bugs.launchpad.

[Bug 1673942] Re: pulseaudio suddenly stops. No dmesg entries. Nothing in the syslog

2017-03-19 Thread john nunnington
pulseaudio log from session that died. ** Attachment added: "pulseverbose.log" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1673942/+attachment/4840685/+files/pulseverbose.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to U

[Bug 1673942] JournalErrors.txt

2017-03-19 Thread john nunnington
apport information ** Attachment added: "JournalErrors.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1673942/+attachment/4840684/+files/JournalErrors.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/16739

[Bug 1673942] Re: pulseaudio suddenly stops. No dmesg entries. Nothing in the syslog

2017-03-19 Thread john nunnington
apport information ** Tags added: apport-collected yakkety ** Description changed: this only happens when sound is through the PCI sound card. When i connect speakers to the motherboard output (I lose the 5.1 component), pulseaudio never dies. I have switched and replaced the sound ca

[Bug 1673942] CurrentDmesg.txt

2017-03-19 Thread john nunnington
apport information ** Attachment added: "CurrentDmesg.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1673942/+attachment/4840682/+files/CurrentDmesg.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1673942

[Bug 1673942] Dependencies.txt

2017-03-19 Thread john nunnington
apport information ** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1673942/+attachment/4840683/+files/Dependencies.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1673942

[Bug 1673942] Re: pulseaudio suddenly stops. No dmesg entries. Nothing in the syslog

2017-03-18 Thread john nunnington
kern.log entries at time of failure: Mar 19 11:50:01 silverstone unity-settings-[3397]: Unable to get default sink Mar 19 11:50:01 silverstone unity-settings-[3397]: Unable to get default source Mar 19 11:50:01 silverstone unity-settings-[3397]: Failed to connect context: Connection refused --

[Bug 1673942] Re: pulseaudio suddenly stops. No dmesg entries. Nothing in the syslog

2017-03-18 Thread john nunnington
sound devices disappear from output options. If I'm listening through Spotify, Spotify won't play until that has been restarted (from memory so do RhythmBox and Banshee) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.laun

[Bug 1673942] [NEW] pulseaudio suddenly stops. No dmesg entries. Nothing in the syslog

2017-03-18 Thread john nunnington
Public bug reported: this only happens when sound is through the PCI sound card. When i connect speakers to the motherboard output (I lose the 5.1 component), pulseaudio never dies. I have switched and replaced the sound card to no effect but I never really thought that was the issue. There seem

[Bug 1673677] [NEW] NBA.com flash movies will not load in Firefox

2017-03-16 Thread john nunnington
Public bug reported: Only seems to happen at www.nba.com - other video sites seem to work OK. www.nba.com worked with Chromium until version 56.0.2924.76 arrived and now nothing works in Chromium ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10 Package: firefox 52.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.10.1 ProcVersio

[Bug 1212134] Re: [CA0106 - CA0106, playback] fails after a while

2014-01-05 Thread john nunnington
BIOS update seems to resolve this problem. Doesn't alter the fact that actually tracking the change to fix this was virtually impossible [no help] and only happens when I was trying to update the BIOS to support AHCI -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 1212134] Re: [CA0106 - CA0106, playback] fails after a while

2014-01-05 Thread john nunnington
My problem persists through an upgrade to 13.10 - I've just updated the BIOS version on an ASUS M5A78L-M LX Plus to 1501 (dated 2013.11.28) and Spotify ran happily for several hours without issues. ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 1202094 [CA0106 - CA0106, playback] No sound at all

[Bug 1212134] Re: [CA0106 - CA0106, playback] fails after a while

2013-08-25 Thread john nunnington
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1202094 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1202094 sounds stops when my younger son is playing Tux Kart...still a sampling issue ?? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.l

[Bug 1212134] Re: [CA0106 - CA0106, playback] fails after a while

2013-08-25 Thread john nunnington
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1202094 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1202094 I can reproduce this at will if anybody is interested in a more verbose log ... anyone ?? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https

[Bug 1212134] Re: [CA0106 - CA0106, playback] fails after a while

2013-08-15 Thread john nunnington
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1202094 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1202094 Interestingly, my son's machine (also on 13.04) doesn't seem to suffer from this [or he simply hasn't told me or played any music] -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu B

[Bug 1212134] Re: [CA0106 - CA0106, playback] fails after a while

2013-08-15 Thread john nunnington
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1202094 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1202094 I've logged out and logged back in. Speakers are unmuted and 106 sound card is selected for output. Start up Clementine, and play an old mp3 file that was sampled at 44100 (that was cut from a CD) - song pl

[Bug 1212134] Re: [CA0106 - CA0106, playback] fails after a while

2013-08-15 Thread john nunnington
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1202094 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1202094 Sorry, my sn's machine has the SAME sound card -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1212134 Title:

[Bug 1212134] [NEW] [CA0106 - CA0106, playback] fails after a while

2013-08-14 Thread john nunnington
Public bug reported: sound stops working after an indeterminate period. Sound is restored by either logging out and back in or 'pulseaudio --start' and reselecting the output device in the 'Sound Settings' and selecting [in my case Analogue Output, Ca0106 SoundBlaster' with mode of 5.1]. When th