It looks like the GvcMixerStream gets unref'd whilst it's still the default sink.
I attached to gsd using gdb, and caught the crash: Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. gvc_mixer_stream_is_running (stream=0x6de170) at gvc-mixer-stream.c:679 679 if (stream->priv->change_volume_op == NULL) (gdb) bt #0 gvc_mixer_stream_is_running (stream=0x6de170) at gvc-mixer-stream.c:679 #1 0x00007fffea265534 in update_sink (control=0x6de010, info=0x7fffffffdc40) at gvc-mixer-control.c:661 #2 0x00007fffecd0daa1 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libpulse.so.0 #3 0x00007fffecad9bd3 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libpulsecommon-0.9.15.so #4 0x00007fffecada0c9 in pa_pdispatch_run () from /usr/lib/libpulsecommon-0.9.15.so #5 0x00007fffecd0b8cd in ?? () from /usr/lib/libpulse.so.0 #6 0x00007fffecaddcd4 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libpulsecommon-0.9.15.so #7 0x00007fffecf38fda in ?? () from /usr/lib/libpulse-mainloop-glib.so.0 #8 0x00007ffff49f2a8e in g_main_context_dispatch () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #9 0x00007ffff49f6458 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #10 0x00007ffff49f68b5 in g_main_loop_run () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #11 0x00007ffff78de117 in gtk_main () from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 #12 0x00000000004046a5 in main (argc=1, argv=0x7fffffffe308) at main.c:489 Here's what the stream looks like: (gdb) print stream $1 = (GvcMixerStream *) 0x6de170 (gdb) print *stream $2 = {parent = {g_type_instance = {g_class = 0x6de380}, ref_count = 0, qdata = 0xaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa}, priv = 0xaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa} -- gnome-settings-daemon crashed with SIGSEGV in gvc_mixer_stream_is_running() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/404538 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs