Ubuntu
pulseaudio package

aplay record file failed always.

Bug #1824103 reported by Gabriel Zhi Chen
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
pulseaudio (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Critical
Hui Wang

Bug Description

Test machine: ThinkPad X1 Carbon
Image: Ubuntu Disco 19.04
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8550U CPU @ 1.80GHz (family: 0x6, model: 0x8e, stepping: 0xa)
GPU: Intel Corporation Device [8086:5917] (rev 07) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
BIOS: N23ET55W (1.30 )

Steps:
1. Install image 19.04
2. Login as default user
3. Open a terminal and type "$ arecord abc.wav"
4. Say something and let laptop recorded your words
5. Cancel the record, please press 'Ctrl + C'
6. Please type "$ aplay abc.wav" in terminal

Expected result:
The voice played smoothly.

Actual result:
Step 3,
u@u-ThinkPad-X1-Carbon-6th:~$ arecord abc.wav
Recording WAVE 'abc.wav' : Unsigned 8 bit, Rate 8000 Hz, Mono
^CAborted by signal Interrupt...
arecord: pcm_read:2145: read error: Interrupted system call

Step 6,
u@u-ThinkPad-X1-Carbon-6th:~$ aplay abc.wav
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1108:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
aplay: main:828: audio open error: Device or resource busy

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Gabriel Zhi Chen (gabrielzchen) wrote :
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Gabriel Zhi Chen (gabrielzchen) wrote :
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Gabriel Zhi Chen (gabrielzchen) wrote :
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Ubuntu Kernel Bot (ubuntu-kernel-bot) wrote : Missing required logs.

This bug is missing log files that will aid in diagnosing the problem. While running an Ubuntu kernel (not a mainline or third-party kernel) please enter the following command in a terminal window:

apport-collect 1824103

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Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Hui Wang (hui.wang) wrote : Re: The vioce which recored by Internal microphone gets noisy

Just tested, the voice recorded is OK.

But there is some difference between 19.04 and 18.04, after installing 18.04, the aplay/arecord default device pulseaudio, while after installing the 19.04, the aplay/arecord default device is hw sound card.

Please install 19.04 to a different machine (not x1 carbon), let us see if the default device will change to pulseaudio or not.

Hui Wang (hui.wang)
Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Hui Wang (hui.wang)
importance: Undecided → Critical
Gabriel Zhi Chen (gabrielzchen)
summary: - The vioce which recored by Internal microphone gets noisy
+ aplay record file failed always.
description: updated
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Will Cooke (willcooke) wrote :

Is there a step missing in the reproducer steps? On a new 19.04 install on a random Dell Inspiron arecord fails with:

ALSA lib pcm_dsnoop.c:638:(snd_pcm_dsnoop_open) unable to open slave
arecord: main:828: audio open error: No such file or directory

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Hui Wang (hui.wang) wrote :

Yes, this is because the alsa-lib has a new change but the pulseaudio has not changed accordingly.

commit 93e03bdc2a3dcd5d12516f5de78e14d88a32ff2c
Author: Jaroslav Kysela <email address hidden>
Date: Wed Apr 4 09:58:12 2018 +0200

    alsa.conf: change the location for add-on configs to /etc/alsa/conf.d

    The add-on configuration files should be placed to a volatile place.

    Signed-off-by: Jaroslav Kysela <email address hidden>

The steps to reproduce it:
install ubuntu 19.04 on a machine (any machines with audio capablilities)
after booting up, cd /tmp; arecord test.wav; aplay test.wav, then the aplay will fail. And from then on, both aplay and arecord can't work anymore.

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Hui Wang (hui.wang) wrote :

The commit of #7 is in the alsa-lib from 1.1.7, so it only affects 19.04 Disco, the Cosmic and lower version works fine.

affects: linux (Ubuntu) → pulseaudio (Ubuntu)
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Will Cooke (willcooke) wrote :

@infinity has found a fix for this in Debian and is looking at syncing it now.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package pulseaudio - 1:12.2-2ubuntu3

---------------
pulseaudio (1:12.2-2ubuntu3) disco; urgency=medium

  * debian/pulseaudio.links: chmod +x so that dh-exec actually works.

pulseaudio (1:12.2-2ubuntu2) disco; urgency=medium

  * Cherrypick changes from 12.2-3 to stop compiling with -ffast-math
    and to fix alsa/pulseaudio config file integration (LP: #1824103)

 -- Adam Conrad <email address hidden> Tue, 16 Apr 2019 07:54:26 -0600

Changed in pulseaudio (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Fix Released
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Gabriel Zhi Chen (gabrielzchen) wrote :

Retest the issue on Yoda2-2, image : Disco-Daily-20190416, it can not reproduce anymore.

The test.wav file can record and play normally.

When executing commands arecord and aplay, there is no error info feedback also.

tags: added: cqa-verified
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Betty Lin (bettyl) wrote :

Can't reproduce the bug on XPS13 with Disco Final 0416.

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