Ubuntu
pulseaudio package

  1. Bug #290914
  2. Comment #7

Comment 7 for bug 290914

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Matt Zimmerman (mdz) wrote : Re: [Bug 290914] Re: Hangs when no sound device is available

On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 01:20:57AM -0000, Toby Corkindale wrote:
> Hi,
> I've seen the same problem on Ubuntu 8.10 after upgrading. (Used to work fine in 8.04). The problem occurs with MSN, Yahoo, and in fact any network.. not just IRC.
>
> If I go into Pidgin preferences and choose "No Sound", the problem goes
> away.
>
> Running gdb over Pidgin, I identified that a deadlock was occurring in a
> pulseaudio function.

Could you post the backtrace?

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 - mdz