apport information ** Tags added: apport-collected
** Description changed: I run my "work" VMs and in Xubuntu pulse audio often does not start. In this dump I tried to start music through Firefox and through my media player quodlibet and none of the audio starts. See attachment with the pulseaudio volume control and quodlibet stuck on time 0:00 like Firefox. I do not have the problem with plain Ubuntu, Ubuntu Mate nor with Ubuntu Studio. The problem is annoying, because I use Xubuntu for office and communication like Email and the WhatsApp/Firefox/ICE combination and with this bug WhatsApp is useless. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: pulseaudio 1:13.99.1-1ubuntu3.3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-40.44-generic 5.4.44 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-40-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.3 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: bertadmin 1490 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c: bertadmin 1490 F...m pulseaudio /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: bertadmin 1490 F...m pulseaudio /dev/snd/timer: bertadmin 1490 f.... pulseaudio CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Sun Jul 5 11:33:48 2020 InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-03-11 (847 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Alpha amd64 (20180310) SourcePackage: pulseaudio UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-03-04 (122 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 12/01/2006 dmi.bios.vendor: innotek GmbH dmi.bios.version: VirtualBox dmi.board.name: VirtualBox dmi.board.vendor: Oracle Corporation dmi.board.version: 1.2 dmi.chassis.type: 1 dmi.chassis.vendor: Oracle Corporation dmi.modalias: dmi:bvninnotekGmbH:bvrVirtualBox:bd12/01/2006:svninnotekGmbH:pnVirtualBox:pvr1.2:rvnOracleCorporation:rnVirtualBox:rvr1.2:cvnOracleCorporation:ct1:cvr: dmi.product.family: Virtual Machine dmi.product.name: VirtualBox dmi.product.version: 1.2 dmi.sys.vendor: innotek GmbH + --- + ProblemType: Bug + ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.3 + Architecture: amd64 + AudioDevicesInUse: + USER PID ACCESS COMMAND + /dev/snd/controlC0: bertadmin 1490 F.... pulseaudio + /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: bertadmin 1490 F...m pulseaudio + /dev/snd/timer: bertadmin 1490 f.... pulseaudio + CasperMD5CheckResult: skip + CurrentDesktop: XFCE + DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 + HibernationDevice: RESUME=e84fd8cd-175c-4d3b-82c1-e02af2714d71 + InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-03-11 (848 days ago) + InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Alpha amd64 (20180310) + IwConfig: + lo no wireless extensions. + + enp0s3 no wireless extensions. + Lsusb: + Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub + Bus 001 Device 002: ID 80ee:0021 VirtualBox USB Tablet + Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub + Lsusb-t: + /: Bus 02.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=xhci_hcd/6p, 5000M + /: Bus 01.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=xhci_hcd/8p, 480M + |__ Port 1: Dev 2, If 0, Class=Human Interface Device, Driver=usbhid, 12M + MachineType: innotek GmbH VirtualBox + Package: linux (not installed) + ProcFB: 0 svgadrmfb + ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-40-generic root=UUID=22835ac6-a7b5-4601-bd4b-a6c98e4df3fb ro quiet splash zwap.enabled=1 zswap.compressor=lz4 + ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-40.44-generic 5.4.44 + RelatedPackageVersions: + linux-restricted-modules-5.4.0-40-generic N/A + linux-backports-modules-5.4.0-40-generic N/A + linux-firmware 1.187.1 + RfKill: + + Tags: focal + Uname: Linux 5.4.0-40-generic x86_64 + UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-03-04 (123 days ago) + UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo vboxsf + _MarkForUpload: True + dmi.bios.date: 12/01/2006 + dmi.bios.vendor: innotek GmbH + dmi.bios.version: VirtualBox + dmi.board.name: VirtualBox + dmi.board.vendor: Oracle Corporation + dmi.board.version: 1.2 + dmi.chassis.type: 1 + dmi.chassis.vendor: Oracle Corporation + dmi.modalias: dmi:bvninnotekGmbH:bvrVirtualBox:bd12/01/2006:svninnotekGmbH:pnVirtualBox:pvr1.2:rvnOracleCorporation:rnVirtualBox:rvr1.2:cvnOracleCorporation:ct1:cvr: + dmi.product.family: Virtual Machine + dmi.product.name: VirtualBox + dmi.product.version: 1.2 + dmi.sys.vendor: innotek GmbH ** Attachment added: "AlsaInfo.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1886330/+attachment/5390233/+files/AlsaInfo.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1886330 Title: pulseaudio not working in Virtualbox To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1886330/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs