On Wed, 05 May 2010 12:53:04 -0000, Dražen Kačar <d...@fly.srk.fer.hr> wrote: > Ah, got it. Pulseaudio won't start (under my user's account) because of: > > E: module.c: Failed to load module "module-alsa-sink" (argument: > "device=plughw:0 rate=44100"): initialization failed. > E: main.c: Module load failed. > E: main.c: Failed to initialize daemon. > > And that module was specified in ~/.pulse/default.pa, which is a > leftover from the time when pulseaudio wasn't working and I was trying > to do something about it. > > So I deleted ~/.pulse/default.pa, stopped pulseaudio that was started by > hand and polkitd is still behaving perfectly fine. Even the music is > playing, although I have no pulseaudio running. :-) > > Then I killed polkitd and it wasn't restarted. So I started pulseudio by > hand (from my user's account) and then polkitd appeared. It's peacefully > sleeping in poll() and isn't leaking memory.
Great, thanks for the info. Could you confirm that you have /usr/lib/pulse-0.9.21/modules/module-alsa-sink.so installed? My guess is that "device=plughw:0 rate=44100" is no longer valid on your system, probably the device=plughw:0 bit, which means that the module can't load. I'm going to reassign this to pulseaudio, as it's a poor failure mode. To the other people subscribed to this bug, please do the same diagnostic steps that I posted before. If you see these same messages then you have this bug, if not, please file a new bug against pulseaudio wiht the output you get when doing the steps (you could use "ubuntu-bug pulseaudio" to grab a bunch of logs too). Thanks, James ** Package changed: policykit-1 (Ubuntu) => pulseaudio (Ubuntu) ** Summary changed: - High CPU usage in policykit-1 + Fast respawning when module-alsa-sink can't be loaded ** Description changed: + Ah, got it. Pulseaudio won't start (under my user's account) because of: + + E: module.c: Failed to load module "module-alsa-sink" (argument: "device=plughw:0 rate=44100"): initialization failed. + E: main.c: Module load failed. + E: main.c: Failed to initialize daemon. + + And that module was specified in ~/.pulse/default.pa, which is a + leftover from the time when pulseaudio wasn't working and I was trying + to do something about it. + + So I deleted ~/.pulse/default.pa, stopped pulseaudio that was started by + hand and polkitd is still behaving perfectly fine. Even the music is + playing, although I have no pulseaudio running. :-) + + Then I killed polkitd and it wasn't restarted. So I started pulseudio by + hand (from my user's account) and then polkitd appeared. It's peacefully + sleeping in poll() and isn't leaking memory. + + -- + + Original report: + + Binary package hint: policykit-1 Upon upgrading to the new build of Lucid, a problem I thought I had fixed with policykit has reappeared. i am getting high CPU usage and a memory leak from the process polkitd, run under policykit-1. Upon boot and logging into a fresh account, I get no problems, but once I log into my main account, the problem appears. Logging out and back into the fresh account carries the problem over to the fresh account as well. I noticed that there were three carry-over processes from the main account: indicator-sound, pulseaudio, and the root process polkitd. I thought I had fixed this through removing respawnable hidden directories in my home folder, but that hasn't worked this time. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: policykit-1 0.96-2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Architecture: i386 Date: Mon Apr 26 00:17:42 2010 ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/policykit-1/polkitd ProcEnviron: - + SourcePackage: policykit-1 -- Fast respawning when module-alsa-sink can't be loaded https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/570015 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
