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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: Confirmed => 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/1019921 Title: [ES1978 - ESS ES1978 (Maestro 2E), playback] Failed to load module "module-alsa-card" Unable Underruns, dropouts or crackling sound Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: julieta@julieta-machine:~$ pulseaudio E: [pulseaudio] pid.c: Daemon already running. E: [pulseaudio] main.c: Ha fallado pa_pid_file_create(). julieta@julieta-machine:~$ ubuntu-bug audio 1787 julieta@julieta-machine:~$ pulseaudio E: [pulseaudio] pid.c: Daemon already running. E: [pulseaudio] main.c: Ha fallado pa_pid_file_create(). julieta@julieta-machine:~$ pulseaudio -vvv D: [pulseaudio] core-rtclock.c: Timer slack is set to 50 us. D: [pulseaudio] core-util.c: setpriority() worked. I: [pulseaudio] core-util.c: Successfully gained nice level -11. I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Esto es PulseAudio 2.0 D: [pulseaudio] main.c: Host de compilación: i686-pc-linux-gnu D: [pulseaudio] main.c: Compilación CFLAGS: -g -O2 -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Wformat-security -g -O2 -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Wformat-security -Werror=format-security -Wall -W -Wextra -pipe -Wno-long-long -Wvla -Wno-overlength-strings -Wunsafe-loop-optimizations -Wundef -Wformat=2 -Wlogical-op -Wsign-compare -Wmissing-include-dirs -Wformat-nonliteral -Wpointer-arith -Winit-self -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wfloat-equal -Wmissing-prototypes -Wredundant-decls -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-noreturn -Wshadow -Wendif-labels -Wcast-align -Wstrict-aliasing -Wwrite-strings -Wno-unused-parameter -ffast-math -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fno-common -fdiagnostics-show-option D: [pulseaudio] main.c: Ejecutándose en el host: Linux i686 3.2.0-25-generic-pae #40-Ubuntu SMP Wed May 23 22:11:24 UTC 2012 D: [pulseaudio] main.c: Se encontraron 2 CPUs. I: [pulseaudio] main.c: El tamaño de la página es de 4096 bytes D: [pulseaudio] main.c: Soporte para compilar con Valgrind: no D: [pulseaudio] main.c: Ejecutándose en modo valgrind: no D: [pulseaudio] main.c: Ejecutando en MV: no D: [pulseaudio] main.c: Build optimizado: si D: [pulseaudio] main.c: FASTPATH definido, sólo se deshabilitan los chequeos fast path. I: [pulseaudio] main.c: El ID de la máquina es d8b69b285cb5c1d812b4f0ce00000008 I: [pulseaudio] main.c: El ID de la sesión es d8b69b285cb5c1d812b4f0ce00000008-1341190576.187967-1680373447. I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Utilizando directorio de tiempo de ejecución /home/julieta/.pulse/d8b69b285cb5c1d812b4f0ce00000008-runtime. I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Utilizando directorio de estado /home/julieta/.pulse. I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Utilizando directorio de módulos /usr/lib/pulse-2.0/modules. I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Ejecutándose en modo de sistema: no E: [pulseaudio] pid.c: Daemon already running. E: [pulseaudio] main.c: Ha fallado pa_pid_file_create(). julieta@julieta-machine:~$ pulseaudio E: [pulseaudio] module.c: Failed to load module "module-alsa-card" (argument: "device_id="0" name="pci-0000_05_01.0" card_name="alsa_card.pci-0000_05_01.0" namereg_fail=false tsched=yes fixed_latency_range=no ignore_dB=no deferred_volume=yes card_properties="module-udev-detect.discovered=1""): initialization failed. E: [pulseaudio] main.c: D-Bus name org.PulseAudio1 already taken. julieta@julieta-machine:~$ modprobe module-alsa-card FATAL: Module module_alsa_card not found. julieta@julieta-machine:~$ sudo alsa force-reload [sudo] password for julieta: Unloading ALSA sound driver modules: snd-seq-midi snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq snd-hda-intel snd-hda-codec snd-hwdep snd-es1968 snd-ac97-codec snd-pcm snd-tea575x-tuner snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-timer snd-seq-device snd-page-alloc (failed: modules still loaded: snd-es1968 snd-ac97-codec snd-pcm snd-tea575x-tuner snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-timer snd-seq-device snd-page-alloc). Loading ALSA sound driver modules: snd-seq-midi snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq snd-hda-intel snd-hda-codec snd-hwdep snd-es1968 snd-ac97-codec snd-pcm snd-tea575x-tuner snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-timer snd-seq-device snd-page-alloc. julieta@julieta-machine:~$ pulseaudio E: [pulseaudio] module.c: Failed to load module "module-alsa-card" (argument: "device_id="0" name="pci-0000_05_01.0" card_name="alsa_card.pci-0000_05_01.0" namereg_fail=false tsched=yes fixed_latency_range=no ignore_dB=no deferred_volume=yes card_properties="module-udev-detect.discovered=1""): initialization failed. E: [pulseaudio] main.c: D-Bus name org.PulseAudio1 already taken. julieta@julieta-machine:~$ aplay -l **** Lista de PLAYBACK dispositivos hardware **** tarjeta 0: E2E [ESS ES1978 (Maestro 2E)], dispositivo 0: ESS Maestro [ESS Maestro] ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: alsa-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-25.40-generic-pae 3.2.18 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-25-generic-pae i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8 Architecture: i386 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: E2E [ESS ES1978 (Maestro 2E)], device 0: ESS Maestro [ESS Maestro] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: julieta 1787 F.... pulseaudio Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'E2E'/'ESS ES1978 (Maestro 2E) at 0x1000, irq 22' Mixer name : 'Asahi Kasei AK4540' Components : 'AC97a:414b4d00' Controls : 26 Simple ctrls : 16 Date: Mon Jul 2 00:09:08 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=es_AR:es TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=es_AR.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon. SourcePackage: alsa-driver Symptom: audio Symptom_AlsaPlaybackTest: ALSA playback test through plughw:E2E failed Symptom_Card: ES1978 Maestro 2E - ESS ES1978 (Maestro 2E) Symptom_Type: Underruns, dropouts, or "crackling" sound Title: [ES1978 - ESS ES1978 (Maestro 2E), playback] Underruns, dropouts or crackling sound UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 01/13/2009 dmi.bios.vendor: Intel Corp. dmi.bios.version: NT94510J.86A.4119.2009.0113.1807 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: D945GNT dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation dmi.board.version: AAC96315-405 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnIntelCorp.:bvrNT94510J.86A.4119.2009.0113.1807:bd01/13/2009:svn:pn:pvr:rvnIntelCorporation:rnD945GNT:rvrAAC96315-405:cvn:ct3:cvr: To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1019921/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp