Public bug reported: Audio stopped playing, causing all video playback to also wedge unless sound output was disabled.
The only meaningful log message was tens of the following in /var/log/syslog: [pulseaudio] sink-input.c: Failed to create sink input: sink is suspended. Sending pulseaudio a SIGHUP had no effect. Killing it caused it to restart, however the sound device was no longer present. The sound device is built-in laptop audio, so it is still physically present, although it's plausible that the problem is at a lower level. rmmoding and modprobing snd_hda_intel did not resolve the issue. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: pulseaudio 1:11.1-1ubuntu7.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-32.35-generic 4.15.18 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-32-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: pmj 1391 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: KDE Date: Tue Aug 21 17:35:32 2018 InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-03-12 (162 days ago) InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Alpha amd64 (20180310) SourcePackage: pulseaudio UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 04/14/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.bios.version: 68SSU Ver. F.01 dmi.board.name: 162B dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.board.version: KBC Version 04.1C dmi.chassis.asset.tag: CNU1311SY3 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr68SSUVer.F.01:bd04/14/2011:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPEliteBook2560p:pvrA0001D02:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn162B:rvrKBCVersion04.1C:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvr: dmi.product.family: 103C_5336AN dmi.product.name: HP EliteBook 2560p dmi.product.version: A0001D02 dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard ** Affects: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1788121 Title: pulseaudio stops playing audio with "Failed to create sink input: sink is suspended" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1788121/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs