Bug#752762: load-module module-alsa-sink freezes display

[Felipe Sateler]

On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 4:15 AM, Michael Meskes <meskes at debian.org> wrote:
>> When pulseaudio is working, does sound play? IIRC, gnome starts some
>> sounds on startup.
>
> Now it does, when the problem occured it didn't.

Yes, I figured something like that was happening.

>
>
>> >> This error is weird, because the module load failure should just cause
>> >> pulseaudio to exit. Perhaps something caused PA to respawn repeatedly?
>> >
>> > Does it do that if it's, like, killed at the beginning of a session?
>>
>> Yes. By default, pulseaudio is autospawned whenever a connection is
>> attempted. You can disable this behavior in client.conf.
>
> I'm not sure we're talking about the same thing here. Yes, of course it does
> restart on error and similarily of course I had an error, but I only have one
> error message in the logs. Besides, can it respawn so fast that it blocks the
> rest of the system?

If a client tries to repeatedly connect then yes, it could respawn
pulseaudio pretty fast. But this seems unlikely, given that the log
does not show multiple messages. What happens if you have the wrong
line and disable autospawn?


>
>> Did the gdm/xsession/any other log have something useful to say?
>> Currently I'm quite stumped as to where the bug may be.
>
> Same here.
>
> What happens on your system if you enable that config line without the right
> parameter?

On my system pa fails to start but everything else works normally.

> Honestly I haven't checked since finding my problem, but it may also
> have to do with a non-existing default sink. Anyway, I shall try again and
> report back.

Please do so, also trying with a disabled autospawn.

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Saludos,
Felipe Sateler