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

[Josh Triplett]

On Sun, Feb 14, 2016 at 11:52:47AM +0100, Elimar Riesebieter wrote:
> 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

As mentioned in the bug, I ended up restarting pulseaudio, which made
this error stop and got audio working again.  Did you want the output of
this command on my current working system?

Reproducing the problem would likely require downgrading and
re-upgrading alsa.

- Josh Triplett