Hello all, For the past few days I have been working with mkbosmans and coling in #sourcemage trying to determine what exactly is wrong with my pulseaudio setup. The issue seems to be a problem with PA hanging once my sink thread starts up. Everything looks seemingly normal in PA's output but I am unable to connect to the PA server when I have a sink. I now have version 0.99.3 installed though I was running into the same issue with the current stable release 0.9.23 It was suggested that I run PA under gdb so you all can get some more insight into the problem. I had some troubles getting output from gdb that displayed all the threads but think I finally have it. Notice I still get these warnings from gdb: warning: Unable to find libthread_db matching inferior's thread library, thread debugging will not be available. But I also get this which seems to make gdb threads work: [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] Using host libthread_db library "/lib/libthread_db.so.1". At least you can see the trace from more than one threads now. I hope this is what you all need to shed some light on the issue. Of coarse if I can do anything else to help troubleshoot the problem I'll be happy to help. The full gdb output is below and thank you for the help. -Daniel dan at krypton:/lib$ gdb --args pulseaudio -vvvv GNU gdb (GDB) 7.3.1 Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying" and "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "x86_64-pc-linux-gnu". For bug reporting instructions, please see: <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>... Reading symbols from /usr/bin/pulseaudio...done. (gdb) handle SIGXCPU SIGPWR SIG33 SIG34 SIG42 SIG43 SIG44 SIG45 SIG46 SIG47 SIG48 SIG49 SIG50 SIG51 SIG52 SIG53 SIG63 SIG62 SIG61 SIG60 SIG59 SIG58 nostop noprint Signal Stop Print Pass to program Description SIGXCPU No No Yes CPU time limit exceeded SIGPWR No No Yes Power fail/restart SIG33 No No Yes Real-time event 33 SIG34 No No Yes Real-time event 34 SIG42 No No Yes Real-time event 42 SIG43 No No Yes Real-time event 43 SIG44 No No Yes Real-time event 44 SIG45 No No Yes Real-time event 45 SIG46 No No Yes Real-time event 46 SIG47 No No Yes Real-time event 47 SIG48 No No Yes Real-time event 48 SIG49 No No Yes Real-time event 49 SIG50 No No Yes Real-time event 50 SIG51 No No Yes Real-time event 51 SIG52 No No Yes Real-time event 52 SIG53 No No Yes Real-time event 53 SIG58 No No Yes Real-time event 58 SIG59 No No Yes Real-time event 59 SIG60 No No Yes Real-time event 60 SIG61 No No Yes Real-time event 61 SIG62 No No Yes Real-time event 62 SIG63 No No Yes Real-time event 63 (gdb) set libthread-db-search-path /lib (gdb) run Starting program: /usr/bin/pulseaudio -vvvv warning: Unable to find libthread_db matching inferior's thread library, thread debugging will not be available. warning: Unable to find libthread_db matching inferior's thread library, thread debugging will not be available. warning: Unable to find libthread_db matching inferior's thread library, thread debugging will not be available. warning: Unable to find libthread_db matching inferior's thread library, thread debugging will not be available. warning: Unable to find libthread_db matching inferior's thread library, thread debugging will not be available. warning: Unable to find libthread_db matching inferior's thread library, thread debugging will not be available. warning: Unable to find libthread_db matching inferior's thread library, thread debugging will not be available. warning: Unable to find libthread_db matching inferior's thread library, thread debugging will not be available. warning: Unable to find libthread_db matching inferior's thread library, thread debugging will not be available. warning: Unable to find libthread_db matching inferior's thread library, thread debugging will not be available. warning: Unable to find libthread_db matching inferior's thread library, thread debugging will not be available. warning: Unable to find libthread_db matching inferior's thread library, thread debugging will not be available. warning: Unable to find libthread_db matching inferior's thread library, thread debugging will not be available. warning: Unable to find libthread_db matching inferior's thread library, thread debugging will not be available. warning: Unable to find libthread_db matching inferior's thread library, thread debugging will not be available. [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] Using host libthread_db library "/lib/libthread_db.so.1". process 22198 is executing new program: /usr/bin/pulseaudio warning: Unable to find libthread_db matching inferior's thread library, thread debugging will not be available. warning: Unable to find libthread_db matching inferior's thread library, thread debugging will not be available. warning: Unable to find libthread_db matching inferior's thread library, thread debugging will not be available. warning: Unable to find libthread_db matching inferior's thread library, thread debugging will not be available. warning: Unable to find libthread_db matching inferior's thread library, thread debugging will not be available. warning: Unable to find libthread_db matching inferior's thread library, thread debugging will not be available. warning: Unable to find libthread_db matching inferior's thread library, thread debugging will not be available. warning: Unable to find libthread_db matching inferior's thread library, thread debugging will not be available. warning: Unable to find libthread_db matching inferior's thread library, thread debugging will not be available. warning: Unable to find libthread_db matching inferior's thread library, thread debugging will not be available. warning: Unable to find libthread_db matching inferior's thread library, thread debugging will not be available. warning: Unable to find libthread_db matching inferior's thread library, thread debugging will not be available. warning: Unable to find libthread_db matching inferior's thread library, thread debugging will not be available. warning: Unable to find libthread_db matching inferior's thread library, thread debugging will not be available. warning: Unable to find libthread_db matching inferior's thread library, thread debugging will not be available. [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] Using host libthread_db library "/lib/libthread_db.so.1". I: [pulseaudio] main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_NICE, (31, 31)) failed: Operation not permitted I: [pulseaudio] main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_RTPRIO, (9, 9)) failed: Operation not permitted D: [pulseaudio] core-rtclock.c: Timer slack is set to 50 us. I: [pulseaudio] core-util.c: Failed to acquire high-priority scheduling: No such file or directory I: [pulseaudio] main.c: This is PulseAudio 0.99.3 D: [pulseaudio] main.c: Compilation host: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu D: [pulseaudio] main.c: Compilation CFLAGS: -g -O2 -Wall -W -Wextra -pipe -Wno-long-long -Wvla -Wno-overlength-strings -Wunsafe-loop-optimizations -Wundef -Wformat=2 -Wlogical-op -Wsign-compare -Wformat-security -Wmissing-include-dirs -Wformat-nonliteral -Wpointer-arith -Winit-self -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wfloat-equal -Wmissing-prototypes -Wredundant-decls -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-noreturn -Wshadow -Wendif-labels -Wcast-align -Wstrict-aliasing -Wwrite-strings -Wno-unused-parameter -ffast-math -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fno-common -fdiagnostics-show-option D: [pulseaudio] main.c: Running on host: Linux x86_64 2.6.39-SMGL-iso #15 SMP Wed Sep 7 20:23:10 MST 2011 D: [pulseaudio] main.c: Found 2 CPUs. I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Page size is 4096 bytes D: [pulseaudio] main.c: Compiled with Valgrind support: no D: [pulseaudio] main.c: Running in valgrind mode: no D: [pulseaudio] main.c: Running in VM: no D: [pulseaudio] main.c: Optimized build: yes D: [pulseaudio] main.c: All asserts enabled. I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Machine ID is 5bd09ee3206d3351db8a39ce0000001e. I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Session ID is 5bd09ee3206d3351db8a39ce0000001e-1315470015.8316-1488072180. I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Using runtime directory /home/dan/.pulse/5bd09ee3206d3351db8a39ce0000001e-runtime. I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Using state directory /home/dan/.pulse. I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Using modules directory /usr/lib/pulse-0.99/modules. I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Running in system mode: no W: [pulseaudio] pid.c: Stale PID file, overwriting. I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Fresh high-resolution timers available! Bon appetit! D: [pulseaudio] memblock.c: Using shared memory pool with 1024 slots of size 64.0 KiB each, total size is 64.0 MiB, maximum usable slot size is 65472 I: [pulseaudio] cpu-x86.c: CPU flags: CMOV MMX SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 I: [pulseaudio] svolume_mmx.c: Initialising MMX optimized volume functions. I: [pulseaudio] remap_mmx.c: Initialising MMX optimized remappers. I: [pulseaudio] svolume_sse.c: Initialising SSE2 optimized volume functions. I: [pulseaudio] remap_sse.c: Initialising SSE2 optimized remappers. I: [pulseaudio] sconv_sse.c: Initialising SSE2 optimized conversions. I: [pulseaudio] svolume_orc.c: Initialising ORC optimized volume functions. D: [pulseaudio] database-tdb.c: Opened TDB database '/home/dan/.pulse/5bd09ee3206d3351db8a39ce0000001e-device-volumes.tdb' I: [pulseaudio] module-device-restore.c: Successfully opened database file '/home/dan/.pulse/5bd09ee3206d3351db8a39ce0000001e-device-volumes'. I: [pulseaudio] module.c: Loaded "module-device-restore" (index: #0; argument: ""). D: [pulseaudio] database-tdb.c: Opened TDB database '/home/dan/.pulse/5bd09ee3206d3351db8a39ce0000001e-stream-volumes.tdb' I: [pulseaudio] module-stream-restore.c: Successfully opened database file '/home/dan/.pulse/5bd09ee3206d3351db8a39ce0000001e-stream-volumes'. D: [pulseaudio] protocol-dbus.c: Interface org.PulseAudio.Ext.StreamRestore1 added for object /org/pulseaudio/stream_restore1 I: [pulseaudio] module.c: Loaded "module-stream-restore" (index: #1; argument: ""). D: [pulseaudio] database-tdb.c: Opened TDB database '/home/dan/.pulse/5bd09ee3206d3351db8a39ce0000001e-card-database.tdb' I: [pulseaudio] module-card-restore.c: Successfully opened database file '/home/dan/.pulse/5bd09ee3206d3351db8a39ce0000001e-card-database'. I: [pulseaudio] module.c: Loaded "module-card-restore" (index: #2; argument: ""). I: [pulseaudio] module.c: Loaded "module-augment-properties" (index: #3; argument: ""). D: [pulseaudio] module-device-restore.c: Database contains invalid data for key: sink:null (probably pre-v1.0 data) D: [pulseaudio] module-device-restore.c: Attempting to load legacy (pre-v1.0) data for key: sink:null D: [pulseaudio] module-device-restore.c: Size does not match. D: [pulseaudio] module-device-restore.c: Unable to load legacy (pre-v1.0) data for key: sink:null. Ignoring. D: [pulseaudio] module-device-restore.c: Database contains invalid data for key: sink:null:null I: [pulseaudio] sink.c: Created sink 0 "null" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right I: [pulseaudio] sink.c: device.description = "Null Output" I: [pulseaudio] sink.c: device.class = "abstract" I: [pulseaudio] sink.c: device.icon_name = "audio-card" D: [pulseaudio] core-subscribe.c: Dropped redundant event due to change event. D: [pulseaudio] module-device-restore.c: Database contains invalid data for key: source:null.monitor (probably pre-v1.0 data) D: [pulseaudio] module-device-restore.c: Attempting to load legacy (pre-v1.0) data for key: source:null.monitor D: [pulseaudio] module-device-restore.c: Size does not match. D: [pulseaudio] module-device-restore.c: Unable to load legacy (pre-v1.0) data for key: source:null.monitor. Ignoring. D: [pulseaudio] module-device-restore.c: Database contains invalid data for key: source:null.monitor:null I: [pulseaudio] source.c: Created source 0 "null.monitor" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right I: [pulseaudio] source.c: device.description = "Monitor of Null Output" I: [pulseaudio] source.c: device.class = "monitor" I: [pulseaudio] source.c: device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone" [New Thread 0x7fffed954700 (LWP 22201)] D: [null-sink] module-null-sink.c: Thread starting up ^C Program received signal SIGINT, Interrupt. 0x00007ffff35d84dd in pause () from /lib/libpthread.so.0 (gdb) thread apply all bt Thread 2 (Thread 0x7fffed954700 (LWP 22201)): #0 0x00007ffff2a9e578 in ppoll () from /lib/libc.so.6 #1 0x00007ffff7b81a19 in pa_rtpoll_run (p=0x652f40, wait_op=true) at pulsecore/rtpoll.c:314 #2 0x00007fffed956d0f in thread_func (userdata=0x654f70) at modules/module-null-sink.c:233 #3 0x00007ffff700f638 in internal_thread_func (userdata=0x657860) at pulsecore/thread-posix.c:83 #4 0x00007ffff35d0e1c in start_thread () from /lib/libpthread.so.0 #5 0x00007ffff2aa6fdd in clone () from /lib/libc.so.6 Thread 1 (Thread 0x7ffff7fd7760 (LWP 22198)): #0 0x00007ffff35d84dd in pause () from /lib/libpthread.so.0 #1 0x00007ffff59d1689 in sem_wait () from /usr/lib/libpthread-stubs.so.0 #2 0x00007ffff700f898 in pa_semaphore_wait (s=0x6582f0) at pulsecore/semaphore-posix.c:63 #3 0x00007ffff7b65ffa in pa_asyncmsgq_send (a=0x64e4b0, object=<optimized out>, code=<optimized out>, userdata=<optimized out>, offset=<optimized out>, chunk=<optimized out>) at pulsecore/asyncmsgq.c:167 #4 0x00007ffff7b937a3 in sink_set_state (s=0x658720, state=PA_SINK_IDLE) at pulsecore/sink.c:420 #5 0x00007ffff7b95327 in pa_sink_put (s=0x658720) at pulsecore/sink.c:653 #6 0x00007fffed957690 in module_null_sink_LTX_pa__init (m=0x654f10) at modules/module-null-sink.c:318 #7 0x00007ffff7b79238 in pa_module_load (c=0x643920, name=0x63d510 "module-null-sink", argument=0x0) at pulsecore/module.c:109 #8 0x00007ffff7b6d6dd in pa_cli_command_load (c=0x643920, t=0x63c5c0, buf=0x63b8d0, fail=<optimized out>) at pulsecore/cli-command.c:429 #9 0x00007ffff7b6eefe in pa_cli_command_execute_line_stateful (c=0x643920, s=<optimized out>, buf=0x63b8d0, fail=0x63ac05, ifstate=<optimized out>) at pulsecore/cli-command.c:1833 #10 0x00007ffff7b6f4d4 in pa_cli_command_execute_file_stream (c=0x643920, f=0x648d20, buf=0x63b8d0, fail=0x63ac05) at pulsecore/cli-command.c:1873 #11 0x0000000000407774 in main (argc=<optimized out>, argv=<optimized out>) at daemon/main.c:1074
