Bug 59077

Summary:	max_latency assertion failed in pa_sink_set_latency_range_within_thread
Product:	PulseAudio	Reporter:	Daniel Drake <dan>
Component:	alsa	Assignee:	pulseaudio-bugs
Status:	RESOLVED MOVED	QA Contact:	pulseaudio-bugs
Severity:	normal
Priority:	medium	CC:	lennart
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	Other
OS:	All
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Description Daniel Drake 2013-01-06 10:41:21 UTC

After a system update to Fedora 18, I have no sound output :(
This is with pulseaudio-2.1.

The sound did work on Fedora 17, which uses the same kernel version (3.6.10). However, Fedora 17 was using pulseaudio-1.1, so it seems to be the upgrade to v2.1 that broke this.

The daemon starts OK but crashes with this error as soon as I play a sound:

[alsa-sink] sink.c: Assertion 'max_latency <= (10*((pa_usec_t) 1000000ULL))' failed at pulsecore/sink.c:3148, function pa_sink_set_latency_range_within_thread(). Aborting.


Pulseaudio is also notably a bit unhappy about some ALSA oddness (exceptionally large values). It might be related. That does probably indicate a kernel bug, but given that pulse did work with the same kernel in version v1.1, I'd hope that things could be kept working for newer releases.

I have tried updating to kernel 3.7.1 and pulseaudio-3.0, unfortunately the problem is still there.

Full log of alsa unhappiness:
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_avail() returned a value that is
exceptionally large: 3528320 bytes (10000 ms).
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: Most likely this is a bug in the ALSA driver
'snd_hda_intel'. Please report this issue to the ALSA developers.
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump():
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: Soft volume PCM
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: Control: PCM Playback Volume
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: min_dB: -51
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: max_dB: 0
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: resolution: 256
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   stream       : PLAYBACK
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   access       : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   format       : S16_LE
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   subformat    : STD
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   channels     : 4
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   rate         : 44100
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   exact rate   : 44100 (44100/1)
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   msbits       : 16
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   buffer_size  : 441040
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   period_size  : 88208
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   period_time  : 2000181
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   tstamp_mode  : ENABLE
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   period_step  : 1
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   avail_min    : 440599
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   period_event : 0
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   start_threshold  : -1
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   stop_threshold   : 1806499840
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   silence_threshold: 0
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   silence_size : 0
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   boundary     : 1806499840
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: Slave: Hardware PCM card 0 'HDA NVidia' device 0
subdevice 0
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   stream       : PLAYBACK
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   access       : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   format       : S16_LE
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   subformat    : STD
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   channels     : 4
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   rate         : 44100
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   exact rate   : 44100 (44100/1)
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   msbits       : 16
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   buffer_size  : 441040
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   period_size  : 88208
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   period_time  : 2000181
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   tstamp_mode  : ENABLE
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   period_step  : 1
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   avail_min    : 440599
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   period_event : 0
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   start_threshold  : -1
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   stop_threshold   : 1806499840
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   silence_threshold: 0
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   silence_size : 0
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   boundary     : 1806499840
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   appl_ptr     : 0
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   hw_ptr       : 0
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_mmap_begin() returned a value that is
exceptionally large: 3528320 bytes (10000 ms).
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: Most likely this is a bug in the ALSA driver
'snd_hda_intel'. Please report this issue to the ALSA developers.
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump():
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: Soft volume PCM
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: Control: PCM Playback Volume
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: min_dB: -51
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: max_dB: 0
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: resolution: 256
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   stream       : PLAYBACK
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   access       : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   format       : S16_LE
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   subformat    : STD
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   channels     : 4
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   rate         : 44100
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   exact rate   : 44100 (44100/1)
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   msbits       : 16
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   buffer_size  : 441040
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   period_size  : 88208
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   period_time  : 2000181
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   tstamp_mode  : ENABLE
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   period_step  : 1
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   avail_min    : 440599
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   period_event : 0
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   start_threshold  : -1
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   stop_threshold   : 1806499840
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   silence_threshold: 0
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   silence_size : 0
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   boundary     : 1806499840
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: Slave: Hardware PCM card 0 'HDA NVidia' device 0
subdevice 0
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   stream       : PLAYBACK
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   access       : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   format       : S16_LE
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   subformat    : STD
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   channels     : 4
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   rate         : 44100
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   exact rate   : 44100 (44100/1)
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   msbits       : 16
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   buffer_size  : 441040
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   period_size  : 88208
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   period_time  : 2000181
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   tstamp_mode  : ENABLE
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   period_step  : 1
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   avail_min    : 440599
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   period_event : 0
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   start_threshold  : -1
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   stop_threshold   : 1806499840
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   silence_threshold: 0
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   silence_size : 0
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   boundary     : 1806499840
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   appl_ptr     : 0
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   hw_ptr       : 0
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_delay() returned a value that is
exceptionally large: 3528320 bytes (10000 ms).
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: Most likely this is a bug in the ALSA driver
'snd_hda_intel'. Please report this issue to the ALSA developers.
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump():
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: Soft volume PCM
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: Control: PCM Playback Volume
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: min_dB: -51
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: max_dB: 0
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: resolution: 256
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   stream       : PLAYBACK
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   access       : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   format       : S16_LE
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   subformat    : STD
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   channels     : 4
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   rate         : 44100
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   exact rate   : 44100 (44100/1)
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   msbits       : 16
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   buffer_size  : 441040
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   period_size  : 88208
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   period_time  : 2000181
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   tstamp_mode  : ENABLE
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   period_step  : 1
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   avail_min    : 440599
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   period_event : 0
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   start_threshold  : -1
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   stop_threshold   : 1806499840
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   silence_threshold: 0
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   silence_size : 0
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   boundary     : 1806499840
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: Slave: Hardware PCM card 0 'HDA NVidia' device 0
subdevice 0
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   stream       : PLAYBACK
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   access       : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   format       : S16_LE
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   subformat    : STD
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   channels     : 4
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   rate         : 44100
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   exact rate   : 44100 (44100/1)
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   msbits       : 16
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   buffer_size  : 441040
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   period_size  : 88208
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   period_time  : 2000181
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   tstamp_mode  : ENABLE
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   period_step  : 1
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   avail_min    : 440599
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   period_event : 0
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   start_threshold  : -1
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   stop_threshold   : 1806499840
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   silence_threshold: 0
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   silence_size : 0
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   boundary     : 1806499840
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   appl_ptr     : 441040
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   hw_ptr       : 0

Comment 1 Raymond 2013-12-15 09:56:11 UTC

you have to use "--log-timing" 


E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   appl_ptr     : 0
E: [alsa-sink] alsa-util.c:   hw_ptr       : 0

seem the alsa-driver still not start playing

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