Bug#611367: If user is in audio-group, pulseaudio crashes in multi soundcard setup

[Felipe Sateler]

Hi Daniel,

On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 02:38:12PM +0100, Daniel Gasser wrote:
> Package: pulseaudio
> Version: 0.9.21-3+b1
> Severity: important
> Tags: patch
> 
> In my setup, i'm using the built in intel hda soundcard. Attached to the usb port, 
> i've got a midi interface (Midisprot 2x2).
> If the current user is member of the audio group, pulseaudio crashes always 
> after ten minutes of playing sound with any application. The application looses it's 
> connection to pulseaudio and i don't hear any sound until i restart that application.
> 
> My /var/log/sylog contains the following error message:
> pulseaudio[6370]: module.c: Failed to load  module "module-alsa-card" (argument: "device_id="1" name="usb-0763_1002-00-M2x2" card_name="alsa_card.usb-0763_1002-00-M2x2" tsched=yes ignore_dB=no card_properties="module-udev-detect.discovered=1""): initialization failed.
> 
> With the same logging time, /var/log/messages says:
> pulseaudio[6370]: pid.c: Stale PID file, overwriting.
> 
> The next line in syslog is then:
> pulseaudio[6376]: pid.c: Daemon already running.
> 
> Soluten (callin it the "patch" ;-):
> The solution to the problem was to delete my current user from the audio group.
> This stops pulseaudio from trying to load the "module-alsa-card" every ten minutes.

This bug was reported a long time ago and might have been fixed since
then.

Can you still reproduce this issue? If so, please reply so we can debug
the problem, otherwise I'd like to close this bug.


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Saludos,
Felipe Sateler