[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#813446: Bug#813446: Upgrade causes pulseaudio to fail until restarted

[Elimar Riesebieter]

High Josh,

* Josh Triplett <josh at joshtriplett.org> [2016-02-01 20:32 -0800]:

> Package: libasound2
> Version: 1.1.0-1
> Severity: important
> 
> I don't know whether this bug lies in libasound2, libasound2-plugins, or
> alsa-utils; reporting it here because it seems like the most likely
> candidate.
> 
> I just upgraded the following packages:
> 
> [UPGRADE] alsa-utils:amd64 1.0.29-1+b1 -> 1.1.0-1
> [UPGRADE] libasound2:amd64 1.0.29-1 -> 1.1.0-1
> [UPGRADE] libasound2-data:amd64 1.0.29-1 -> 1.1.0-1
> [UPGRADE] libasound2-plugins:amd64 1.0.29-1 -> 1.1.0-1
> 
> Immediately after doing so, pulseaudio started logging the following
> error:
> 
> Feb 01 20:14:28 x pulseaudio[583]: [alsa-sink-ALC3232 Analog] alsa-sink.c: Error opening PCM device front:1: Invalid argument
> Feb 01 20:14:28 x pulseaudio[583]: [alsa-sink-ALC3232 Analog] alsa-sink.c: Error opening PCM device front:1: Invalid argument
> Feb 01 20:14:30 x pulseaudio[583]: [alsa-sink-ALC3232 Analog] alsa-sink.c: Error opening PCM device front:1: Invalid argument
> Feb 01 20:14:30 x pulseaudio[583]: [alsa-sink-ALC3232 Analog] alsa-sink.c: Error opening PCM device front:1: Invalid argument

Could you please run as root:

# alsactl init

Elimar
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