Bug#912680: pulseaudio: No sound anymore (broken symlink)

Nicolas Patrois nicolas.patrois at gmail.com
Fri Nov 2 19:30:38 GMT 2018


Package: pulseaudio
Version: 12.2-2
Severity: important

Dear Maintainer,

I lost a symlink today (I don’t know how or why).

> pulseaudio -D gives:
nov. 02 20:14:19 nicolas.home pulseaudio[13754]: Failed to find a working
profile.
nov. 02 20:14:19 nicolas.home pulseaudio[13754]: Failed to load module "module-
alsa-card" (argument: "device_id="1" name="pci-0000_01_00.1"
card_name="alsa_card.pci-0000_01_00.1" namereg_fail=false tsched=yes
fixed_latency_range=no ignore_dB=no deferred_volume=yes use_ucm=yes
card_properties="module-udev-detect.discovered=1""): initialization failed.
nov. 02 20:14:19 nicolas.home pulseaudio[13754]: Failed to find a working
profile.
nov. 02 20:14:19 nicolas.home pulseaudio[13754]: Failed to load module "module-
alsa-card" (argument: "device_id="0" name="pci-0000_00_14.2"
card_name="alsa_card.pci-0000_00_14.2" namereg_fail=false tsched=yes
fixed_latency_range=no ignore_dB=no deferred_volume=yes use_ucm=yes
card_properties="module-udev-detect.discovered=1""): initialization failed.
nov. 02 20:14:19 nicolas.home pulseaudio[13754]: Failed to register as a
handsfree audio agent with ofono: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown:
The name org.ofono was not provided by any .service files

As root, service alsa status gives:
● alsa-utils.service
   Loaded: masked (Reason: Unit alsa-utils.service is masked.)
   Active: inactive (dead)

I can’t unmask the service even with the right command to systemctl and I found
that there is no alsa directory in /etc/systemd/system/.
In fact, when I try to launch alsamixer:
> alsamixer
ALSA lib conf.c:3639:(config_file_open) cannot access file
/etc/alsa/conf.d/10-rate-lav.conf
ALSA lib conf.c:3559:(snd_config_hooks_call) function snd_config_hook_load
returned error: Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type
ALSA lib conf.c:4013:(snd_config_update_r) hooks failed, removing configuration
le mixeur ne peut pas être ouvert: Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type

/etc/alsa/conf.d/10-rate-lav.conf is a broken symlink to
/usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf.d/10-rate-lav.conf.
It seems that even if it’s a pulseaudio issue because this file is not from
alsa.
In fact, I was not able to find precisely from which package this file comes
from.

Moreover, in Audacious:
* The pulseaudio output accepts to play but the output is dummy (no sound
plays, the vumeter works).
* The alsa output simply crashes (ALSA error: snd_pcm_open failed: No such file
or directory.)
* The OSS3 output works fine but with a crack on startup.
* The SDL output does as pulseaudio.



-- Package-specific info:
File '/etc/default/pulseaudio' does not exist


-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 4.17.0-3-686-pae (SMP w/3 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=fr_FR:fr:en_GB:en (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages pulseaudio depends on:
ii  adduser                      3.118
ii  libasound2                   1.1.7-1
ii  libasound2-plugins           1:1.1.7-dmo1
ii  libc6                        2.27-8
ii  libcap2                      1:2.25-1.2
ii  libdbus-1-3                  1.12.10-1
ii  libgcc1                      1:8.2.0-9
ii  libice6                      2:1.0.9-2
ii  libltdl7                     2.4.6-6
ii  liborc-0.4-0                 1:0.4.28-3
ii  libpulse0                    12.2-2
ii  libsm6                       2:1.2.2-1+b3
ii  libsndfile1                  1.0.28-4
ii  libsoxr0                     0.1.2-3
ii  libspeexdsp1                 1.2~rc1.2-1+b2
ii  libstdc++6                   8.2.0-9
ii  libsystemd0                  239-11
ii  libtdb1                      1.3.16-1
ii  libudev1                     239-11
ii  libwebrtc-audio-processing1  0.3-1
ii  libx11-6                     2:1.6.7-1
ii  libx11-xcb1                  2:1.6.7-1
ii  libxcb1                      1.13.1-1
ii  libxtst6                     2:1.2.3-1
ii  lsb-base                     9.20170808
ii  pulseaudio-utils             12.2-2

Versions of packages pulseaudio recommends:
ii  dbus-user-session  1.12.10-1
ii  libpam-systemd     239-11
ii  rtkit              0.11-6

Versions of packages pulseaudio suggests:
pn  paman        <none>
pn  paprefs      <none>
ii  pavucontrol  3.0-4
pn  pavumeter    <none>
ii  udev         239-11

-- Configuration Files:
/etc/pulse/default.pa changed:
.fail
load-module module-device-restore
load-module module-stream-restore
load-module module-card-restore
load-module module-augment-properties
load-module module-switch-on-port-available
.ifexists module-udev-detect.so
load-module module-udev-detect
.else
load-module module-detect
.endif
.ifexists module-jackdbus-detect.so
.nofail
load-module module-jackdbus-detect channels=2
.fail
.endif
.ifexists module-bluetooth-policy.so
load-module module-bluetooth-policy
.endif
.ifexists module-bluetooth-discover.so
load-module module-bluetooth-discover
.endif
.ifexists module-esound-protocol-unix.so
load-module module-esound-protocol-unix
.endif
load-module module-native-protocol-unix
.ifexists module-gsettings.so
.nofail
load-module module-gsettings
.fail
.endif
load-module module-default-device-restore
load-module module-rescue-streams
load-module module-always-sink
load-module module-intended-roles
load-module module-suspend-on-idle
.ifexists module-console-kit.so
load-module module-console-kit
.endif
.ifexists module-systemd-login.so
load-module module-systemd-login
.endif
load-module module-position-event-sounds
load-module module-filter-heuristics
load-module module-filter-apply


-- no debconf information
-------------- next part --------------
# This file is part of PulseAudio.
#
# PulseAudio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# PulseAudio is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
# General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
# along with PulseAudio; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307
# USA.

## Configuration file for PulseAudio clients. See pulse-client.conf(5) for
## more information. Default values are commented out.  Use either ; or # for
## commenting.

; default-sink =
; default-source =
; default-server =
; default-dbus-server =

 autospawn = no
; daemon-binary = /bin/true
#; daemon-binary = /usr/bin/pulseaudio
; extra-arguments = --log-target=syslog

; cookie-file =

; enable-shm = yes
; shm-size-bytes = 0 # setting this 0 will use the system-default, usually 64 MiB

; auto-connect-localhost = no
; auto-connect-display = no
-------------- next part --------------
# This file is part of PulseAudio.
#
# PulseAudio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# PulseAudio is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
# General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
# along with PulseAudio; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

## Configuration file for the PulseAudio daemon. See pulse-daemon.conf(5) for
## more information. Default values are commented out.  Use either ; or # for
## commenting.

; daemonize = no
; fail = yes
; allow-module-loading = yes
; allow-exit = yes
; use-pid-file = yes
; system-instance = no
; local-server-type = user
; enable-shm = yes
; enable-memfd = yes
; shm-size-bytes = 0 # setting this 0 will use the system-default, usually 64 MiB
; lock-memory = no
; cpu-limit = no

; high-priority = yes
; nice-level = -11

; realtime-scheduling = yes
; realtime-priority = 5

; exit-idle-time = 20
; scache-idle-time = 20

; dl-search-path = (depends on architecture)

; load-default-script-file = yes
; default-script-file = /etc/pulse/default.pa

; log-target = auto
; log-level = notice
; log-meta = no
; log-time = no
; log-backtrace = 0

; resample-method = speex-float-1
; avoid-resampling = false
; enable-remixing = yes
; remixing-use-all-sink-channels = yes
; enable-lfe-remixing = no
; lfe-crossover-freq = 0

; flat-volumes = yes

; rlimit-fsize = -1
; rlimit-data = -1
; rlimit-stack = -1
; rlimit-core = -1
; rlimit-as = -1
; rlimit-rss = -1
; rlimit-nproc = -1
; rlimit-nofile = 256
; rlimit-memlock = -1
; rlimit-locks = -1
; rlimit-sigpending = -1
; rlimit-msgqueue = -1
; rlimit-nice = 31
; rlimit-rtprio = 9
; rlimit-rttime = 200000

; default-sample-format = s16le
; default-sample-rate = 44100
; alternate-sample-rate = 48000
; default-sample-channels = 2
; default-channel-map = front-left,front-right

; default-fragments = 4
; default-fragment-size-msec = 25

; enable-deferred-volume = yes
; deferred-volume-safety-margin-usec = 8000
; deferred-volume-extra-delay-usec = 0
-------------- next part --------------
#!/usr/bin/pulseaudio -nF
#
# This file is part of PulseAudio.
#
# PulseAudio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
# under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# PulseAudio is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
# General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
# along with PulseAudio; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

# This startup script is used only if PulseAudio is started per-user
# (i.e. not in system mode)

.fail

### Automatically restore the volume of streams and devices
load-module module-device-restore
load-module module-stream-restore
load-module module-card-restore

### Automatically augment property information from .desktop files
### stored in /usr/share/application
load-module module-augment-properties

### Should be after module-*-restore but before module-*-detect
load-module module-switch-on-port-available

### Load audio drivers statically
### (it's probably better to not load these drivers manually, but instead
### use module-udev-detect -- see below -- for doing this automatically)
#load-module module-alsa-sink
#load-module module-alsa-source device=hw:1,0
#load-module module-oss device="/dev/dsp" sink_name=output source_name=input
#load-module module-oss-mmap device="/dev/dsp" sink_name=output source_name=input
#load-module module-null-sink
#load-module module-pipe-sink

### Automatically load driver modules depending on the hardware available
.ifexists module-udev-detect.so
load-module module-udev-detect
.else
### Use the static hardware detection module (for systems that lack udev support)
load-module module-detect
.endif

### Automatically connect sink and source if JACK server is present
.ifexists module-jackdbus-detect.so
.nofail
load-module module-jackdbus-detect channels=2
.fail
.endif

### Automatically load driver modules for Bluetooth hardware
.ifexists module-bluetooth-policy.so
load-module module-bluetooth-policy
.endif

.ifexists module-bluetooth-discover.so
load-module module-bluetooth-discover
.endif

### Load several protocols
.ifexists module-esound-protocol-unix.so
load-module module-esound-protocol-unix
.endif
load-module module-native-protocol-unix

### Network access (may be configured with paprefs, so leave this commented
### here if you plan to use paprefs)
#load-module module-esound-protocol-tcp
#load-module module-native-protocol-tcp
#load-module module-zeroconf-publish

### Load the RTP receiver module (also configured via paprefs, see above)
#load-module module-rtp-recv

### Load the RTP sender module (also configured via paprefs, see above)
#load-module module-null-sink sink_name=rtp format=s16be channels=2 rate=44100 sink_properties="device.description='RTP Multicast Sink'"
#load-module module-rtp-send source=rtp.monitor

### Load additional modules from GSettings. This can be configured with the paprefs tool.
### Please keep in mind that the modules configured by paprefs might conflict with manually
### loaded modules.
.ifexists module-gsettings.so
.nofail
load-module module-gsettings
.fail
.endif


### Automatically restore the default sink/source when changed by the user
### during runtime
### NOTE: This should be loaded as early as possible so that subsequent modules
### that look up the default sink/source get the right value
load-module module-default-device-restore

### Automatically move streams to the default sink if the sink they are
### connected to dies, similar for sources
load-module module-rescue-streams

### Make sure we always have a sink around, even if it is a null sink.
load-module module-always-sink

### Honour intended role device property
load-module module-intended-roles

### Automatically suspend sinks/sources that become idle for too long
load-module module-suspend-on-idle

### If autoexit on idle is enabled we want to make sure we only quit
### when no local session needs us anymore.
.ifexists module-console-kit.so
load-module module-console-kit
.endif
.ifexists module-systemd-login.so
load-module module-systemd-login
.endif

### Enable positioned event sounds
load-module module-position-event-sounds

### Cork music/video streams when a phone stream is active
#load-module module-role-cork

### Modules to allow autoloading of filters (such as echo cancellation)
### on demand. module-filter-heuristics tries to determine what filters
### make sense, and module-filter-apply does the heavy-lifting of
### loading modules and rerouting streams.
load-module module-filter-heuristics
load-module module-filter-apply

### Make some devices default
#set-default-sink output
#set-default-source input
-------------- next part --------------
#!/usr/bin/pulseaudio -nF
#
# This file is part of PulseAudio.
#
# PulseAudio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
# under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# PulseAudio is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
# General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
# along with PulseAudio; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

# This startup script is used only if PulseAudio is started in system
# mode.

### Automatically restore the volume of streams and devices
load-module module-device-restore
load-module module-stream-restore
load-module module-card-restore

### Automatically load driver modules depending on the hardware available
.ifexists module-udev-detect.so
load-module module-udev-detect
.else
### Use the static hardware detection module (for systems that lack udev/hal support)
load-module module-detect
.endif

### Load several protocols
.ifexists module-esound-protocol-unix.so
load-module module-esound-protocol-unix
.endif
load-module module-native-protocol-unix

### Automatically restore the default sink/source when changed by the user
### during runtime
### NOTE: This should be loaded as early as possible so that subsequent modules
### that look up the default sink/source get the right value
load-module module-default-device-restore

### Automatically move streams to the default sink if the sink they are
### connected to dies, similar for sources
load-module module-rescue-streams

### Make sure we always have a sink around, even if it is a null sink.
load-module module-always-sink

### Automatically suspend sinks/sources that become idle for too long
load-module module-suspend-on-idle

### Enable positioned event sounds
load-module module-position-event-sounds
-------------- next part --------------
ALSA lib conf.c:3639:(config_file_open) cannot access file /etc/alsa/conf.d/10-rate-lav.conf
ALSA lib conf.c:3559:(snd_config_hooks_call) function snd_config_hook_load returned error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib conf.c:4013:(snd_config_update_r) hooks failed, removing configuration
-------------- next part --------------
Module #0
	Name: module-device-restore
	Argument: 
	Usage counter: n/a
	Properties:
		module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
		module.description = "Automatically restore the volume/mute state of devices"
		module.version = "12.2"

Module #1
	Name: module-stream-restore
	Argument: 
	Usage counter: n/a
	Properties:
		module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
		module.description = "Automatically restore the volume/mute/device state of streams"
		module.version = "12.2"

Module #2
	Name: module-card-restore
	Argument: 
	Usage counter: n/a
	Properties:
		module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
		module.description = "Automatically restore profile of cards"
		module.version = "12.2"

Module #3
	Name: module-augment-properties
	Argument: 
	Usage counter: n/a
	Properties:
		module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
		module.description = "Augment the property sets of streams with additional static information"
		module.version = "12.2"

Module #4
	Name: module-switch-on-port-available
	Argument: 
	Usage counter: n/a
	Properties:
		module.author = "David Henningsson"
		module.description = "Switches ports and profiles when devices are plugged/unplugged"
		module.version = "12.2"

Module #5
	Name: module-udev-detect
	Argument: 
	Usage counter: n/a
	Properties:
		module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
		module.description = "Detect available audio hardware and load matching drivers"
		module.version = "12.2"

Module #8
	Name: module-jackdbus-detect
	Argument: channels=2
	Usage counter: n/a
	Properties:
		module.author = "David Henningsson"
		module.description = "Adds JACK sink/source ports when JACK is started"
		module.version = "12.2"

Module #9
	Name: module-bluetooth-policy
	Argument: 
	Usage counter: n/a
	Properties:
		module.author = "Frédéric Dalleau, Pali Rohár"
		module.description = "Policy module to make using bluetooth devices out-of-the-box easier"
		module.version = "12.2"

Module #10
	Name: module-bluetooth-discover
	Argument: 
	Usage counter: n/a
	Properties:
		module.author = "João Paulo Rechi Vita"
		module.description = "Detect available Bluetooth daemon and load the corresponding discovery module"
		module.version = "12.2"

Module #11
	Name: module-bluez5-discover
	Argument: 
	Usage counter: n/a
	Properties:
		module.author = "João Paulo Rechi Vita"
		module.description = "Detect available BlueZ 5 Bluetooth audio devices and load BlueZ 5 Bluetooth audio drivers"
		module.version = "12.2"

Module #12
	Name: module-native-protocol-unix
	Argument: 
	Usage counter: n/a
	Properties:
		module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
		module.description = "Native protocol (UNIX sockets)"
		module.version = "12.2"

Module #13
	Name: module-default-device-restore
	Argument: 
	Usage counter: n/a
	Properties:
		module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
		module.description = "Automatically restore the default sink and source"
		module.version = "12.2"

Module #14
	Name: module-rescue-streams
	Argument: 
	Usage counter: n/a
	Properties:
		module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
		module.description = "When a sink/source is removed, try to move its streams to the default sink/source"
		module.version = "12.2"

Module #15
	Name: module-always-sink
	Argument: 
	Usage counter: n/a
	Properties:
		module.author = "Colin Guthrie"
		module.description = "Garde toujours au moins une destination même si elle est vide"
		module.version = "12.2"

Module #16
	Name: module-null-sink
	Argument: sink_name=auto_null sink_properties='device.description="Sortie factice"'
	Usage counter: 0
	Properties:
		module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
		module.description = "Horloge de la destination vide"
		module.version = "12.2"

Module #17
	Name: module-intended-roles
	Argument: 
	Usage counter: n/a
	Properties:
		module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
		module.description = "Automatically set device of streams based on intended roles of devices"
		module.version = "12.2"

Module #18
	Name: module-suspend-on-idle
	Argument: 
	Usage counter: n/a
	Properties:
		module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
		module.description = "When a sink/source is idle for too long, suspend it"
		module.version = "12.2"

Module #19
	Name: module-console-kit
	Argument: 
	Usage counter: n/a
	Properties:
		module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
		module.description = "Create a client for each ConsoleKit session of this user"
		module.version = "12.2"

Module #20
	Name: module-systemd-login
	Argument: 
	Usage counter: n/a
	Properties:
		module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
		module.description = "Create a client for each login session of this user"
		module.version = "12.2"

Module #21
	Name: module-position-event-sounds
	Argument: 
	Usage counter: n/a
	Properties:
		module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
		module.description = "Position event sounds between L and R depending on the position on screen of the widget triggering them."
		module.version = "12.2"

Module #22
	Name: module-filter-heuristics
	Argument: 
	Usage counter: n/a
	Properties:
		module.author = "Colin Guthrie"
		module.description = "Detect when various filters are desirable"
		module.version = "12.2"

Module #23
	Name: module-filter-apply
	Argument: 
	Usage counter: n/a
	Properties:
		module.author = "Colin Guthrie"
		module.description = "Load filter sinks automatically when needed"
		module.version = "12.2"

Sink #0
	State: SUSPENDED
	Name: auto_null
	Description: Sortie factice
	Driver: module-null-sink.c
	Sample Specification: s16le 2ch 44100Hz
	Channel Map: front-left,front-right
	Owner Module: 16
	Mute: no
	Volume: front-left: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB,   front-right: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
	        balance 0.00
	Base Volume: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
	Monitor Source: auto_null.monitor
	Latency: 0 usec, configured 0 usec
	Flags: DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY 
	Properties:
		device.description = "Sortie factice"
		device.class = "abstract"
		device.icon_name = "audio-card"
	Formats:
		pcm

Source #0
	State: SUSPENDED
	Name: auto_null.monitor
	Description: Monitor of Sortie factice
	Driver: module-null-sink.c
	Sample Specification: s16le 2ch 44100Hz
	Channel Map: front-left,front-right
	Owner Module: 16
	Mute: no
	Volume: front-left: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB,   front-right: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
	        balance 0.00
	Base Volume: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
	Monitor of Sink: auto_null
	Latency: 0 usec, configured 0 usec
	Flags: DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY 
	Properties:
		device.description = "Monitor of Sortie factice"
		device.class = "monitor"
		device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone"
	Formats:
		pcm

Client #0
	Driver: module-systemd-login.c
	Owner Module: 20
	Properties:
		application.name = "Login Session 6"
		systemd-login.session = "6"

Client #2
	Driver: protocol-native.c
	Owner Module: 12
	Properties:
		application.name = "pactl"
		native-protocol.peer = "UNIX socket client"
		native-protocol.version = "32"
		application.process.id = "13694"
		application.process.user = "nicolas"
		application.process.host = "nicolas.home"
		application.process.binary = "pactl"
		application.language = "C"
		window.x11.display = ":0.0"
		application.process.machine_id = "dea45c45b1be6eb709ab1087aab0e700"
		application.process.session_id = "6"
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Server String: /run/user/1000/pulse/native
Library Protocol Version: 32
Server Protocol Version: 32
Is Local: yes
Client Index: 3
Tile Size: 65496
User Name: nicolas
Host Name: nicolas.home
Server Name: pulseaudio
Server Version: 12.2
Default Sample Specification: s16le 2ch 44100Hz
Default Channel Map: front-left,front-right
Default Sink: auto_null
Default Source: auto_null.monitor
Cookie: 7771:41e0


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