Ubuntu
pulseaudio package

Java crashed when running under padsp

Bug #158489 reported by Alexander Rødseth
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pulseaudio (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: pulseaudio

There is really only one Java-program I use regularly, and that is Cgoban3 (http://files.gokgs.com/javaBin/cgoban.jnlp).
It's very stable, and I've used it for several years without a hitch.

But, after switching to pulseaudio, I found out I have to run java (or "javaws", like in this case) with padsp in order to get any sound.

Here's the message I got on the commandline when java+Cgoban3 just disappeared:
java: pulsecore/memblock.c:315: pa_memblock_unref: Assertion `pa_atomic_load(&b->_ref) > 0' failed.

Before the crash, I watched a video in Firefox that uses flash that in turn uses the pulseaudio flashsupport so-file that I have installed on my system (which works perfectly fine, btw).
I don't really think that has anything to do with it, though, since I've watched videos in my browser before without anything strange happening to the sound.

Steps I did to produce the crash (which I'm unable to reproduce, unfortunately):
1. Start Cgoban3
2. Watch a flash-video in Firefox with the pulseaudio flash-support library installed (like this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teMlv3ripSM)
3. Return to Cgoban3 and make it produce a sound
4. Everything should disappear

(Java, flash and cgoban3 are about the only non-open source programs I use on my computer, just for the record ;) )

~% java -version
java version "1.6.0_03"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_03-b05)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.6.0_03-b05, mixed mode, sharing)

From "about:plugins":
    Filnavn: /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/libflashplayer.so
    Shockwave Flash 9.0 r48

~% du -b /usr/lib/libflashsupport.so
15876 /usr/lib/libflashsupport.so

Here's how I run Cgoban3 with the downloaded "cgoban.jnlp" file (http://files.gokgs.com/javaBin/cgoban.jnlp)
padsp javaws cgoban.jnlp

This page has been my guide for setting up pulseaudio:
http://www.pulseaudio.org/wiki/PerfectSetup

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Daniel T Chen (crimsun) wrote :

Please see if you can reproduce this symptom in Hardy Alpha 1.

Changed in pulseaudio:
status: New → Incomplete
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Alexander Rødseth (alexanro) wrote :

I'll see if I can get around to install Hardy Alpha 1. I use the current install in connection with my work, so it's hard for me to switch over just like that. A plain upgrade to Hardy will probably fail since I've installed some drivers manually.

Other than that, I can report that I've experienced this bug several time. Cgoban has disappeared a total of four times by now. The last time it disappeared, I had started two KDE program in the meantime (kbluetoothd and konqueror) and artsd showed a message saying "cpu overload". Very strange. I don't usually use KDE programs at all and Cgoban still have problems in connection with pulseaudio, so this can't be the fault of artsd, I think.

Anyways, the problem persists here, and I'm unable to try it on Hardy for the time being, but someone else might have that opportunity?

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Daniel T Chen (crimsun) wrote :

Alexander, which sound driver is being used? (There's at least one documented issue of an ALSA bug, now fixed, in the ens17xx drivers directly linked to that artsd error.)

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Alexander Rødseth (alexanro) wrote :

Here's the information I could dig up about alsa.
Cgoban3 still disappears some times in connection with opening links by clicking on them in Cgoban, but I haven't experienced this sound-problem since I upgraded to Hardy.
Unless someone else experiences this problem in Hardy, I guess we could close it and call it fixed. Yay. :)

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Alexander Rødseth (alexanro) wrote :

I guess it's probably safe to close this bug now - works for me. Thanks to the people that fixed it. :-)

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Luke Yelavich (themuso) wrote :

Just to clarrify, its working for you in Hardy?

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Alexander Rødseth (alexanro) wrote : Re: [Bug 158489] Re: Java crashed when running under padsp

I haven't experienced the crash lately, but I'm not sure if it's my
adjusted behavior or if the crash is fixed.

I will need to double-check by viewing a webpage with flash/audio at
the exact time of getting sound in Cgoban3/Java. I'll try it and then
drop another comment here. Most likely, the bug is fixed.

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Alexander Rødseth (alexanro) wrote :

Tested sound with a flash video in the browser and Cgoban3 making sound at the same time. It didn't crash and seems solid now.

I say we declare the bug as fixed. Thanks to the people involved! :)

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Alexander Rødseth (alexanro) wrote :

Forgot to say that I've switched over to Hardy Heron now. Thumbs up.

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Luke Yelavich (themuso) wrote :

Closing based on comments from affected users that all is well in Hardy.

Changed in pulseaudio:
status: Incomplete → Fix Released
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