[Bug 1694863] [NEW] If pulseaudio is non-responsive, plasmashell hangs

[Paul]

Public bug reported:

If pulseaudio is non-responsive or not running for any reason (eg;
messing with jack or a device error), pulseaudio will hang, most
particularly if you try to adjust the volume. This essentially bricks
the system unless you can manage to kill and restart pulseaudio without
the plasma/KDE gui's and hotkeys.

KSysGuard and other plasma applications will also hang and crash
alongside the shell.

TLDR; plasmashell has a bad blocking condition in it's audio code.

** Affects: plasma-desktop (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

-- 
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu
Bugs, which is subscribed to plasma-desktop in Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1694863

Title:
  If pulseaudio is non-responsive, plasmashell hangs

To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plasma-desktop/+bug/1694863/+subscriptions