Bug#818741: pulseaudio-module-x11: repeatable intermittent driver working

[Felipe Sateler]

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On 20 March 2016 at 07:55, Richard Jasmin <frazzledjazz at gmail.com> wrote:
> Package: pulseaudio-module-x11
> Version: 5.0-13
> Severity: grave
> Tags: upstream
> Justification: renders package unusable
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> we have an issue. Because I know for a fact snd hda intel aka alc889 is
> fully supported at this time.kernel not only recognizes the hardware but so
> does the sound daemon.
>
> YET...
>
> either pulse is tripping acid hard or we have a more serious issue with the
> kernel driver that is going un unnoticed.THIS HARDWARE IS FULLY SUPPORTED.
>
> some days it wants to work, some days not.
> fldigi will punch out audio but heaven forbid I want to play music....nothing.
> Its not the app and the music seems to be all the way up.
>
> pulse reports "dummy audio" and no hda intel internal hardware. alsa says
> differently. not only does my 7850s have hdmi out on multiple channels but the
> ATI SB internal shows up too.
>
> YET...
>
> aplay a file and NOTHING....my speakers are all the way up. NOTHING OUT.I
> should be waking my neighbors at this point.
>
> this needs to be addressed ASAP. Not having working audio is reason enough to
> ditch linux.And I dont want to ditch ANY Linux.
> I DONT WANT SIN. SIN is too vulnerable.

I don't understand you. Could you please try to explain again? Also,
please include a verbose log from pulseaudio[1], everything in
/etc/pulse/, and the output of the commands `aplay -L` and `pactl
info`

Also please describe when does the sound disappear, and what are you
doing at that point.

[1]https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PulseAudio/Log