Plasma crash when trying to set audio device

[kent92]

I get this error, when I try to change audio device back to optical S/PDIF. After second try, it works.

It occurs usually after screen saving. What's wrong?

My kubuntu version is 16.04 LTS, with linux version: 4.4.0-47-generic #68-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 26 19:39:52 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux.

[woodsmoke]

Hi and welcome to a very friendly forum!
Could you give more information as to the particular hardware?

again, welcome!

woodsmoke

[kent92]

Hi and welcome to a very friendly forum!
Could you give more information as to the particular hardware?

again, welcome!

woodsmoke

Thanks, I have ordinary PC, with a Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H motherboard and I mainly use the optical S/PDIF for audio output and DisplayPort for the monitor.



Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H Sockel 1155 ATX

[GreyGeek]

The kind of info Woody means is the output of
sudo lshw
and
sudo lspci

[kent92]

The kind of info Woody means is the output of
sudo lshw
and
sudo lspci

OK, here's the lshw output:

computer
    description: Computer
    width: 64 bits
    capabilities: vsyscall32
  *-core
       description: Motherboard
       physical id: 0
     *-memory
          description: System memory
          physical id: 0
          size: 7872MiB
     *-cpu
          product: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz
          vendor: Intel Corp.
          physical id: 1
          bus info: cpu@0
          size: 1798MHz
          capacity: 3900MHz
          width: 64 bits
          capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx rdtscp x86-64 constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf eagerfpu pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm epb tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid fsgsbase smep erms xsaveopt dtherm ida arat pln pts cpufreq
     *-pci
          description: Host bridge
          product: Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor DRAM Controller
          vendor: Intel Corporation
          physical id: 100
          bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
          version: 09
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
          configuration: driver=ivb_uncore
          resources: irq:0
        *-display
             description: VGA compatible controller
             product: Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
             version: 09
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
             configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
             resources: irq:33 memory:f7000000-f73fffff memory:e0000000-efffffff ioport:f000(size=64)
        *-usb:0
             description: USB controller
             product: 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI Host Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 14
             bus info: pci@0000:00:14.0
             version: 04
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: xhci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=xhci_hcd latency=0
             resources: irq:26 memory:f7d00000-f7d0ffff
        *-communication
             description: Communication controller
             product: 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 16
             bus info: pci@0000:00:16.0
             version: 04
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=mei_me latency=0
             resources: irq:34 memory:f7d1a000-f7d1a00f
        *-usb:1
             description: USB controller
             product: 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1a
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.0
             version: 04
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: ehci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ehci-pci latency=0
             resources: irq:16 memory:f7d18000-f7d183ff
        *-multimedia
             description: Audio device
             product: 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1b
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1b.0
             version: 04
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0
             resources: irq:35 memory:f7d10000-f7d13fff
        *-pci:0
             description: PCI bridge
             product: 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1c
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.0
             version: c4
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:16
        *-pci:1
             description: PCI bridge
             product: 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1c.1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.1
             version: c4
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:17 ioport:e000(size=4096) memory:f7c00000-f7cfffff
           *-network
                description: Ethernet interface
                product: 82574L Gigabit Network Connection
                vendor: Intel Corporation
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
                logical name: eth0
                version: 00
                serial: [REMOVED]
                size: 1Gbit/s
                capacity: 1Gbit/s
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
                configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e1000e driverversion=3.2.6-k duplex=full firmware=1.8-0 ip=[REMOVED] latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=1Gbit/s
                resources: irq:17 memory:f7cc0000-f7cdffff memory:f7c00000-f7c7ffff ioport:e000(size=32) memory:f7ce0000-f7ce3fff memory:f7c80000-f7cbffff
        *-pci:2
             description: PCI bridge
             product: 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 4
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1c.3
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.3
             version: c4
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:19 memory:f7400000-f78fffff
           *-communication
                description: Serial controller
                product: OXPCIe952 Dual 16C950 UART
                vendor: Oxford Semiconductor Ltd
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
                version: 00
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: 16550 cap_list
                configuration: driver=serial latency=0
                resources: irq:19 memory:f7800000-f7803fff memory:f7600000-f77fffff memory:f7400000-f75fffff
        *-pci:3
             description: PCI bridge
             product: 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 5
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1c.4
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.4
             version: c4
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:16 memory:f7b00000-f7bfffff
           *-usb
                description: USB controller
                product: VL80x xHCI USB 3.0 Controller
                vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0
                version: 03
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: xhci bus_master cap_list
                configuration: driver=xhci_hcd latency=0
                resources: irq:27 memory:f7b00000-f7b00fff
        *-pci:4
             description: PCI bridge
             product: 82801 PCI Bridge
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1c.5
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.5
             version: c4
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci subtractive_decode bus_master cap_list
           *-pci
                description: PCI bridge
                product: 82801 PCI Bridge
                vendor: Intel Corporation
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:05:00.0
                version: 41
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pci subtractive_decode bus_master cap_list
        *-pci:5
             description: PCI bridge
             product: 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 7
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1c.6
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.6
             version: c4
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:18 ioport:d000(size=4096) memory:f7a00000-f7afffff
           *-network
                description: Ethernet interface
                product: AR8161 Gigabit Ethernet
                vendor: Qualcomm Atheros
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:07:00.0
                logical name: eth1
                version: 10
                serial: [REMOVED]
                size: 100Mbit/s
                capacity: 1Gbit/s
                width: 64 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
                configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=alx duplex=full latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100Mbit/s
                resources: irq:36 memory:f7a00000-f7a3ffff ioport:d000(size=128)
        *-pci:6
             description: PCI bridge
             product: 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 8
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1c.7
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.7
             version: c4
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:19 ioport:c000(size=4096) memory:f7900000-f79fffff
           *-storage
                description: SATA controller
                product: 88SE9172 SATA 6Gb/s Controller
                vendor: Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:08:00.0
                version: 11
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: storage ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list rom
                configuration: driver=ahci latency=0
                resources: irq:32 ioport:c040(size=8) ioport:c030(size=4) ioport:c020(size=8) ioport:c010(size=4) ioport:c000(size=16) memory:f7910000-f79101ff memory:f7900000-f790ffff
        *-usb:2
             description: USB controller
             product: 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1d
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.0
             version: 04
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: ehci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ehci-pci latency=0
             resources: irq:23 memory:f7d17000-f7d173ff
        *-isa
             description: ISA bridge
             product: Z77 Express Chipset LPC Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1f
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0
             version: 04
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: isa bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=lpc_ich latency=0
             resources: irq:0
        *-storage
             description: SATA controller
             product: 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1f.2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.2
             version: 04
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: storage ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ahci latency=0
             resources: irq:28 ioport:f0b0(size=8) ioport:f0a0(size=4) ioport:f090(size=8) ioport:f080(size=4) ioport:f060(size=32) memory:f7d16000-f7d167ff
        *-serial UNCLAIMED
             description: SMBus
             product: 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1f.3
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3
             version: 04
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             configuration: latency=0
             resources: memory:f7d15000-f7d150ff ioport:f040(size=32)
     *-scsi
          physical id: 2
          logical name: scsi3
          capabilities: emulated
        *-cdrom
             description: DVD-RAM writer
             product: BD-RE  GGW-H20L
             vendor: HL-DT-ST
             physical id: 0.0.0
             bus info: scsi@3:0.0.0
             logical name: /dev/cdrom
             logical name: /dev/cdrw
             logical name: /dev/dvd
             logical name: /dev/dvdrw
             logical name: /dev/sr0
             version: YL05
             capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
             configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc
  *-scsi
       physical id: 1
       bus info: scsi@8
       logical name: scsi8
       capabilities: scsi-host
       configuration: driver=usb-storage

[vinnywright]

for me ,,,,,,,a new install of 16.04 ,,,,several months ago ,,,,,,,,would have plasmashell crashes like you are describing for randome things like just closing the systemsettings window .

are you fully upgraded

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get  dist-upgrade

+ I have never been happy with the default audio setup utility ,,,,,,,,I always install (Pulse Audio Volume Control)

sudo apt install pavucontrol

VINNY

[kent92]

for me ,,,,,,,a new install of 16.04 ,,,,several months ago ,,,,,,,,would have plasmashell crashes like you are describing for randome things like just closing the systemsettings window .

are you fully upgraded

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get  dist-upgrade

+ I have never been happy with the default audio setup utility ,,,,,,,,I always install (Pulse Audio Volume Control)

sudo apt install pavucontrol

VINNY

Thanks It seems that my system was not fully updated. After dist-upgrade, version is now changed to Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS.

[kent92]

Here we go again

[kent92]

Damn, I'm gonna give up... 14.04 LTS was so much better, I did not have any of these kind of problems. Everything is much worse now.