pa_stream_writable_size() failed: Connection terminated This comment appears in all sound and video players. All mp3, mpg and other format get stuck in the middle of the playing. The issue seems to be in pulseaudio and other soundcard software. I guess!
PA probably terminated. Most likely to a snd_pcm_delay()/snd_pcm_avail() related driver problem. Please grep syslog for all pulseaudio related output and paste it here.
Please see if the command is ok. I see there is almost endless details coming out of it, all of which cannot be pasted. I have pasted some major sections. thanks! Ambrish Dhaka [root@JNU-7465RTS adhaka]# grep pulseaudio /var/log/messages | more Aug 30 20:10:04 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[1935]: alsa-sink.c: Device hw:1 is modem, refusing further initial ization. Aug 30 20:10:04 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[1935]: alsa-source.c: Device hw:1 is modem, refusing further initi alization. Aug 30 20:10:04 JNU-7465RTS dbus: Rejected send message, 2 matched rules; type="method_call", sender=":1. 30" (uid=42 pid=1935 comm="/usr/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog ") interface="org.bluez.Manage r" member="ListAdapters" error name="(unset)" requested_reply=0 destination="org.bluez" (uid=0 pid=1542 c omm="/usr/sbin/bluetoothd ")) Aug 30 20:10:04 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[1935]: bluetooth-util.c: Error from ListAdapters reply: org.freede sktop.DBus.Error.AccessDenied Aug 30 20:10:18 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-sink.c: Device hw:1 is modem, refusing further initial ization. Aug 30 20:10:18 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-source.c: Device hw:1 is modem, refusing further initi alization. Aug 30 20:10:21 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2153]: pid.c: Daemon already running. Aug 30 21:36:21 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-sink.c: Increasing minimal latency to 1.00 ms Aug 30 21:36:24 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-sink.c: Increasing minimal latency to 2.00 ms Aug 30 21:36:24 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-sink.c: Increasing minimal latency to 4.00 ms Aug 30 21:36:24 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-sink.c: Increasing minimal latency to 8.00 ms Aug 30 21:36:27 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-sink.c: Increasing minimal latency to 16.00 ms Aug 30 21:36:36 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-sink.c: Increasing wakeup watermark to 8.00 ms Aug 30 21:37:06 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-sink.c: Increasing minimal latency to 26.00 ms Aug 30 21:37:29 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-sink.c: Increasing wakeup watermark to 16.00 ms Aug 30 21:37:29 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_avail() returned a value that is excep tionally large: 4294963812 bytes (22369603 ms). Aug 30 21:37:29 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-util.c: Most likely this is a bug in the ALSA driver ' snd_intel8x0'. Please report this issue to the ALSA developers. Aug 30 21:37:29 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump(): Aug 30 21:37:29 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-util.c: Hardware PCM card 0 'Intel ICH6' device 0 subd evice 0 Aug 30 21:37:29 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-util.c: Its setup is: Aug 30 21:37:29 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-util.c: stream : PLAYBACK Aug 30 21:37:29 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED Aug 30 21:37:29 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE Aug 30 21:37:29 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD --More-- Aug 30 21:37:29 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-util.c: Its setup is: Aug 30 21:37:29 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-util.c: stream : PLAYBACK Aug 30 21:37:29 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED Aug 30 21:37:29 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE Aug 30 21:37:29 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD Aug 30 21:37:29 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-util.c: channels : 2 Aug 30 21:37:29 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-util.c: rate : 48000 Aug 30 21:37:29 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 48000 (48000/1) Aug 30 21:37:29 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16 Aug 30 21:37:29 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 16384 Aug 30 21:37:29 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-util.c: period_size : 16384 Aug 30 21:37:29 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-util.c: period_time : 341333 Aug 30 21:37:29 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE Aug 30 21:37:29 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1 Aug 30 21:37:29 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 16384 Aug 30 21:37:29 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-util.c: period_event : 0 Aug 30 21:37:29 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-util.c: start_threshold : -1 Aug 30 21:37:29 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-util.c: stop_threshold : 1073741824 Aug 30 21:37:29 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-util.c: silence_threshold: 0 Aug 30 21:37:29 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-util.c: silence_size : 0 Aug 30 21:37:29 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-util.c: boundary : 1073741824 Aug 30 21:37:29 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-util.c: appl_ptr : 3294059 Aug 30 21:37:29 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-util.c: hw_ptr : 3276804 Aug 30 21:37:29 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_delay() returned a value that is excep tionally large: 366980 bytes (1911 ms). Aug 30 21:37:29 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-util.c: Most likely this is a bug in the ALSA driver ' snd_intel8x0'. Please report this issue to the ALSA developers. Aug 30 21:37:29 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump(): Aug 30 21:37:29 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-util.c: Hardware PCM card 0 'Intel ICH6' device 0 subd evice 0 Aug 30 21:37:29 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-util.c: Its setup is: Aug 30 21:37:29 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-util.c: stream : PLAYBACK Aug 30 21:37:29 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-util.c: stream : PLAYBACK Aug 30 21:37:29 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED Aug 30 21:37:29 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE Aug 30 21:37:29 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD Aug 30 21:37:29 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-util.c: channels : 2 Aug 30 21:37:29 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-util.c: rate : 48000 Aug 30 21:37:29 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 48000 (48000/1) Aug 30 21:37:29 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16 Aug 30 21:37:29 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 16384 Aug 30 21:37:29 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-util.c: period_size : 16384 Aug 30 21:37:29 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-util.c: period_time : 341333 Aug 30 21:37:29 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE Aug 30 21:37:29 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1 Aug 30 21:37:29 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 16384 Aug 30 21:37:29 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-util.c: period_event : 0 Aug 30 21:37:29 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-util.c: start_threshold : -1 Aug 30 21:37:29 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-util.c: stop_threshold : 1073741824 Aug 30 21:37:29 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-util.c: silence_threshold: 0 Aug 30 21:37:29 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-util.c: silence_size : 0 Aug 30 21:37:29 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-util.c: boundary : 1073741824 Aug 30 21:37:29 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-util.c: appl_ptr : 3368939 Aug 30 21:37:29 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: alsa-util.c: hw_ptr : 3277194 Aug 30 21:37:34 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: ratelimit.c: 2720 events suppressed Aug 30 21:37:39 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: ratelimit.c: 2833 events suppressed Aug 30 21:37:42 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[2087]: cpulimit.c: Received request to terminate due to CPU overlo ad. Aug 30 21:49:38 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[3731]: polkit.c: Cannot set UID on session object. Aug 30 21:49:38 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[3734]: alsa-sink.c: Device hw:1 is modem, refusing further initial ization. Aug 30 21:49:38 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[3734]: alsa-source.c: Device hw:1 is modem, refusing further initi alization. Aug 30 22:10:05 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[3734]: alsa-sink.c: Increasing minimal latency to 1.00 ms Aug 30 22:10:05 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[3734]: alsa-sink.c: Increasing minimal latency to 2.00 ms --More-- Aug 30 22:11:35 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[3734]: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_avail() returned a value that is excep tionally large: 4294947856 bytes (22369520 ms). Aug 30 22:11:35 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[3734]: alsa-util.c: Most likely this is a bug in the ALSA driver ' snd_intel8x0'. Please report this issue to the ALSA developers. Aug 30 22:11:35 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[3734]: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump(): Aug 30 22:11:35 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[3734]: alsa-util.c: Hardware PCM card 0 'Intel ICH6' device 0 subd evice 0 Aug 30 22:11:35 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[3734]: alsa-util.c: Its setup is: Aug 30 22:11:35 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[3734]: alsa-util.c: stream : PLAYBACK Aug 30 22:11:35 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[3734]: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED Aug 30 22:11:35 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[3734]: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE Aug 30 22:11:35 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[3734]: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD Aug 30 22:11:35 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[3734]: alsa-util.c: channels : 2 Aug 30 22:11:35 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[3734]: alsa-util.c: rate : 48000 Aug 30 22:11:35 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[3734]: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 48000 (48000/1) Aug 30 22:11:35 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[3734]: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16 Aug 30 22:11:35 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[3734]: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 16384 Aug 30 22:11:35 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[3734]: alsa-util.c: period_size : 16384 Aug 30 22:11:35 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[3734]: alsa-util.c: period_time : 341333 Aug 30 22:11:35 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[3734]: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE Aug 30 22:11:35 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[3734]: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1 Aug 30 22:11:35 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[3734]: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 16384 Aug 30 22:11:35 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[3734]: alsa-util.c: period_event : 0 Aug 30 22:11:35 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[3734]: alsa-util.c: start_threshold : -1 --More--
Created attachment 359880 [details] text of grep on pulseaudio
See there is also some reference to ALSAdrivers as I quote from above text. Aug 30 22:11:35 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[3734]: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_avail() returned a value that is excep tionally large: 4294947856 bytes (22369520 ms). Aug 30 22:11:35 JNU-7465RTS pulseaudio[3734]: alsa-util.c: Most likely this is a bug in the ALSA driver ' snd_intel8x0'. Please report this issue to the ALSA developers. I hope it helps. Ambrish
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 506075 ***