Audio stops working, "requesting rewind due to end of underrun"

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

I cannot seem to reproduce this bug anymore after the pulseaudio updates released on February 18.

4429.594151] CPU7: Package power limit notification (total events = 1)
[ 4429.594153] CPU4: Package power limit notification (total events = 1)
[ 4429.594154] CPU0: Package power limit notification (total events = 1)
[ 4429.594156] CPU3: Package power limit notification (total events = 1)
[ 4429.594158] CPU1: Package power limit notification (total events = 1)
[ 4429.594159] CPU2: Package power limit notification (total events = 1)
[ 4429.594160] CPU5: Package power limit notification (total events = 1)
[ 4429.594960] CPU6: Package power limit normal
[ 4429.594962] CPU1: Package power limit normal
[ 4429.594963] CPU7: Package power limit normal
[ 4429.594964] CPU2: Package power limit normal
[ 4429.594965] CPU3: Package power limit normal
[ 4429.594967] CPU5: Package power limit normal
[ 4429.594981] CPU0: Package power limit normal
[ 4429.594982] CPU4: Package power limit normal
[ 6546.838918] CPU7: Package power limit notification (total events = 4)
[ 6546.838921] CPU4: Package power limit notification (total events = 4)
[ 6546.838922] CPU3: Package power limit notification (total events = 4)
[ 6546.838923] CPU0: Package power limit notification (total events = 4)
[ 6546.838947] CPU6: Package power limit notification (total events = 4)
[ 6546.838948] CPU2: Package power limit notification (total events = 4)
[ 6546.838954] CPU1: Package power limit notification (total events = 4)
[ 6546.838956] CPU5: Package power limit notification (total events = 4)
[ 6546.841718] CPU7: Package power limit normal
[ 6546.841720] CPU1: Package power limit normal
[ 6546.841721] CPU3: Package power limit normal
[ 6546.841722] CPU5: Package power limit normal
[ 6546.841746] CPU0: Package power limit normal
[ 6546.841747] CPU4: Package power limit normal

I don't believe that's related at all. I've been getting those messages since I started using the 3.8 kernel. They happen every time the CPU temp goes above 75 C or so. I believe they're benign errors, though, because I haven't had any other related problems. (Also, this bug doesn't/didn't coincide with those kernel messages.)

This issue occurred after the February 15 pulseaudio update and doesn't seem to be occurring after the February 18 update. I'll wait a couple days and mark it invalid if it doesn't recur.

I think my problem is the same. Started today after system updates. Running 13.04 and when it boots up to desktop, the first sound I start works. So Rhytmbox, VLC, or Ytube in Chromium, whichever I start first, works, and there is sound. Then when I stop it, next thing I play wont produce the sound and I must reboot to take efect. Rhytmbox wont play songs, VLC and Ytube play video without audio. In Volume control in the panel play/pause ff i bw buttons changed colours to gray from the beggining. It even plays JB, VLC and YT for the first time all three of them work, but if I stop playback and then start anything new, the same problem. Tried to remove 1.0.3 package and reinstall amd64 same package, no results.

Milos, can you run:

apt-cache policy pulseaudio

for me and tell me the result? If it says 1:3.0-0ubuntu1, try running Software Updater and updating to 1:3.0-0ubuntu2. I'm running 1:3.0-0ubuntu2 and can't reproduce this bug anymore.

If you're running 0ubuntu2 and still getting it, though, I'll leave the bug report open.

cubrilo@cubrilo-K73TA:~$ apt-cache policy pulseaudio
pulseaudio:
  Installed: 1:3.0-0ubuntu2
  Candidate: 1:3.0-0ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 1:3.0-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http://rs.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

This is it. Actually when I run audio the first time, as long as I crossplay it, vlc over rhytmbox, and than turn off vlc and then for example ytube over vlc and so on it plays. When I stop it and start new it wont play. Youtube playlists play video after video without disconnecting sound. Anything more that I can add or log somehow to help? Asus k73ta laptop with amd a4.

Tried also pulse --kill and then --start, no result.

Ok, sorry, turns out it is not pulse, al least it seems so. Rhytmbox and Ytube work all right, it's when I open VLC it plays one video with sound, and then next one, or anything other in the system wont play sound at all. Tried to uninstall vlc pulse plug in but after restart played only two videos with sound, then again the same, I see it reinstalled the plugin by itself. Will try to remove VLC and reinstall. This is probably already another topic, sorry for mislead.

This bug was fixed in the package pulseaudio - 1:3.0-0ubuntu3

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pulseaudio (1:3.0-0ubuntu3) raring; urgency=low

  * 0106-reserve-Move-get_name_owner-to-the-public-rd_device-.patch,
    0107-reserve-Fix-leaking-NameLost-signals-after-release-a.patch:
    Fix sound suddenly stops working, seems particularly frequent with VLC
    (LP: #1129990, LP: #1127872)
 -- David Henningsson <email address hidden> Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:55:16 +0100