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[bionic-proposed] Pulseaudio 1:11.1-1ubuntu3 will not start due to invalid /etc/pulse/default.pa file

Bug #1742750 reported by Michael Marley on 2018-01-11

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	pulseaudio (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Critical	Daniel van Vugt

Bug Description

Version 1:11.1-1ubuntu3 added 0030-load-module-switch-on-connect.patch, which changes line 38 of /etc/pulse/default.pa to read ".endif### Load audio drivers statically". It appears that there are a couple of line feeds missing here, and having the comment on the same line as the endif causes pulseaudio not to start.

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote on 2018-01-12:

Thanks for that. I recall fixing that typo already but somehow that fix got lost.

Changed in pulseaudio (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Critical
assignee:	nobody → Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)
status:	New → In Progress

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote on 2018-01-12:

pulseaudio_11.1-1ubuntu4.debdiff Edit (5.7 KiB, text/plain)

Fix for bionic.

summary:

- Pulseaudio 1:11.1-1ubuntu3 will not start due to invalid
- /etc/pulse/default.pa file
+ [bionic-proposed] Pulseaudio 1:11.1-1ubuntu3 will not start due to
+ invalid /etc/pulse/default.pa file

Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) on 2018-01-12

tags:

added: bionic regression-proposed

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote on 2018-01-12:

pulseaudio (1:11.1-1ubuntu4) bionic; urgency=high

  * 0030-load-module-switch-on-connect.patch: Correct typo in default.pa
    causing pulseaudio startup failure. (LP: #1742750, LP: #1732629)
  * Refresh patches to apply more cleanly:
    - 0802-alsa-mixer-Add-support-for-usb-audio-in-the-Dell-doc.patch
    - 0803-build-sys-add-the-Dell-dock-TB16-configuration.patch

-- Daniel van Vugt <email address hidden> Fri, 12 Jan 2018 10:23:11 +0800

Changed in pulseaudio (Ubuntu):
status:	In Progress → Fix Released

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Stephen Allen (stephen-d-allen) wrote on 2018-01-12: Re: [Bug 1742750] Re: [bionic-proposed] Pulseaudio 1:11.1-1ubuntu3 will not start due to invalid /etc/pulse/default.pa file

Fix works here! Thank-you.

On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 12:05 AM Daniel van Vugt <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> pulseaudio (1:11.1-1ubuntu4) bionic; urgency=high
>
> * 0030-load-module-switch-on-connect.patch: Correct typo in default.pa
> causing pulseaudio startup failure. (LP: #1742750, LP: #1732629)
> * Refresh patches to apply more cleanly:
> - 0802-alsa-mixer-Add-support-for-usb-audio-in-the-Dell-doc.patch
> - 0803-build-sys-add-the-Dell-dock-TB16-configuration.patch
>
> -- Daniel van Vugt <email address hidden> Fri, 12 Jan 2018
> 10:23:11 +0800
>
> ** Changed in: pulseaudio (Ubuntu)
> Status: In Progress => Fix Released
>
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> Title:
> [bionic-proposed] Pulseaudio 1:11.1-1ubuntu3 will not start due to
> invalid /etc/pulse/default.pa file
>
> Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu:
> Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
> Version 1:11.1-1ubuntu3 added 0030-load-module-switch-on-
> connect.patch, which changes line 38 of /etc/pulse/default.pa to read
> ".endif### Load audio drivers statically". It appears that there are
> a couple of line feeds missing here, and having the comment on the
> same line as the endif causes pulseaudio not to start.
>
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