Bug#918522: No sound with PulseAudio when an NVidia GPU is installed - workaround

[Felipe Sateler]

On Wed, Jan 9, 2019 at 2:40 PM Julien Aubin <julien.aubin at gmail.com> wrote:

> Le mer. 9 janv. 2019 à 12:48, Felipe Sateler <fsateler at debian.org> a
> écrit :
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 9, 2019, 08:36 Julien Aubin <julien.aubin at gmail.com wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Le mer. 9 janv. 2019 à 12:33, Felipe Sateler <fsateler at debian.org> a
> écrit :
> >>>
> >>> Control: tags -1 moreinfo
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, Jan 8, 2019, 16:33 Julien Aubin <julien.aubin at gmail.com wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Hi,
> >>>>
> >>>> Could reproduce this bug on an host without an NVidia GPU.
> >>>>
> >>>> Workaround is still the same.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Could you please attach a verbose log of pulseaudio when the problem
> occurs? Sounds like the udev module is not doing its job
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi
> >>
> >> How do I get the verbose log ?
> >
> >
> > Use:
> >
> > systemctl --user --runtime --full edit pulseaudio
> >
> > Append a '-vvvv' to the ExecStart line
> >
> > systemctl --user restart pulseaudio
> >
> > And then get the log
> >
> > journalctl --user-unit pulseaudio --since=sometimebeforerestarting >
> pulse log
> >
> > (You might need root to get the logs)
> >
> > Verify that the log is not empty, and then attach it.
> >
> > Saludos
> >
> >
>
> Hi,
>
> Attached the logs.
> >
>

The log says:

module-udev-detect.c: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0 is busy:
yes

Some other program appears to be holding the device busy. Common culprits
include espeakup and timidity. You can further inspect with:

sudo lsof /dev/snd/*

-- 

Saludos,
Felipe Sateler
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