Public bug reported: When I was playing a flash video the screen froze and the audio continued a bit and then stopped for a minute or so and then started for a few seconds again. I was able to ssh into my laptop and save the logs. Syslog said: pulseaudio[2242]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_avail() returned a value that is exceptionally large: 591416 bytes (3352 ms). pulseaudio[2242]: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: Most likely this is a bug in the ALSA driver 'snd_hda_intel'. Please report this issue to the ALSA developers. so I did. The full logs are attached. This bug happens often but I can't reliably reproduce it and it seems very random.
** Affects: alsa-driver (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Attachment added: "syslog" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1184387/+attachment/3687227/+files/syslog -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1184387 Title: while playing video computer becomes unresponsive To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1184387/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs