[Bug 577509] Re: Pulseaudio Does Not Start Correctly When Randomsound Package is Installed

[Brian Knoll]

I think I figured out what the problem was.  The problem was that I had
the "randomsound" package installed.  When this package is installed,
there is a race condition and the sound components don't initialize
properly.  I'm not 100% certain whether the bridged network is actually
needed in order to trigger the race condition, but I know that on all of
my systems where I install "randomsound", I experience this problem.


--- On Thu, 7/29/10, David Henningsson <577509 at bugs.launchpad.net> wrote:

From: David Henningsson <577509 at bugs.launchpad.net>
Subject: [Bug 577509] Re: Pulseaudio Does Not Start Correctly When Using Bridged Networking
To: brianknoll2000 at yahoo.com
Date: Thursday, July 29, 2010, 2:17 PM

Hi Brian, I tried replacing /etc/network/interfaces with your version
and rebooted, and my sound continued to work properly, so I can't
confirm the bug.

Perhaps a pulseaudio log would help to analyze this issue? See
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PulseAudio/Log


** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Incomplete

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Bug description:
Binary package hint: pulseaudio

On an install of Ubuntu Lucid 10.04 LTS AMD64, I could reboot the system
and it would come back up and consistently have audio.  However, once I
configured a bridged network on my eth0 device in
/etc/network/interfaces, the system would no longer have audio after a
reboot.

The bridge is working fine.  My /etc/network/interfaces is configured as
follows:

--------------------------------------
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The bridge network interface
auto br0 
iface br0 inet dhcp
bridge_ports eth0 
bridge_fd 9 
bridge_hello 2 
bridge_maxage 12 
bridge_stp off 

# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet manual
------------------------------------------

I can usually get my sound back by running "alsa force-reload" from the
desktop.  Running this from rc.local during system boot does not work,
however.

When this happens, my sound hardware is not detected.  No sound hardware
shows up in "Sound Preferences" under Hardware, and in "Output" all I
have is a "Dummy Output".  But of course, without the bridge, the
hardware is detected and everything works.

Bridging is an important feature, and I think it's rather important to
get this fixed in the LTS release.  Please let me know how I can help
test or fix things.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: pulseaudio 1:0.9.22~0.9.21+stable-queue-32-g8478-0ubuntu14
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-server 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-server x86_64
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0:  bknoll     3381 F.... pulseaudio
                      root       3394 F.... arecord
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c:   root       3394 F...m arecord
 /dev/snd/timer:      root       3394 f.... arecord
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xfccf4000 irq 22'
   Mixer name    : 'Silicon Image SiI1392 HDMI'
   Components    : 'HDA:10ec0883,1043829f,00100002 HDA:10951392,ffffffff,00100000'
   Controls      : 40
   Simple ctrls  : 22
Date: Sat May  8 12:05:36 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100427.1)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: pulseaudio
Symptom: audio
Title: Pulseaudio is not running
dmi.bios.date: 07/16/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 0604
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: P5E-VM HDMI
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0604:bd07/16/2008:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnP5E-VMHDMI:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP5E-VMHDMI:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: P5E-VM HDMI
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer
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Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100427.1)
Package: linux (not installed)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Tags: lucid
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-02063211-generic x86_64
UnreportableReason: The running kernel is not an Ubuntu kernel
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom crontab dialout floppy games kvm lp lpadmin plugdev root sambashare staff users video

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Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100427.1)
Package: linux (not installed)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Tags: lucid
Uname: Linux 2.6.34-020634rc6-generic x86_64
UnreportableReason: The running kernel is not an Ubuntu kernel
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom crontab dialout floppy games kvm lp lpadmin plugdev root sambashare staff users video


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** Summary changed:

- Pulseaudio Does Not Start Correctly When Using Bridged Networking
+ Pulseaudio Does Not Start Correctly When Randomsound Package is Installed

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