Using Debian Sid/unstable with PulseAudio package 6.0-5 [1], there is a core dump file in the folder for the GDM user with id 130: /var/crash/130/…. Loading this file in GDB, the backtrace below is acquired. Reading symbols from /usr/bin/pulseaudio...Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/.build-id/49/7c525ca9e10c38f52b7a4251218c72ae09fb17.debug...done. done. (gdb) core-file ~/coredumps/8783-130-141-6-1439879689-mattotaupa--usr-bin-pulseaudio.core [New LWP 8783] [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] Using host libthread_db library "/lib/i386-linux-gnu/i686/cmov/libthread_db.so.1". Core was generated by `/usr/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog'. Program terminated with signal SIGABRT, Aborted. #0 0xb7795be0 in __kernel_vsyscall () (gdb) bt f #0 0xb7795be0 in __kernel_vsyscall () No symbol table info available. #1 0xb72da307 in __GI_raise (sig=sig@entry=6) at ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c:56 resultvar = <optimized out> resultvar = <optimized out> pid = -1220206592 selftid = 8783 #2 0xb72db9c3 in __GI_abort () at abort.c:89 save_stage = 2 act = {__sigaction_handler = {sa_handler = 0xb6c5b760, sa_sigaction = 0xb6c5b760}, sa_mask = {__val = {1, 3076117836, 0, 158200128, 4959397, 86318592, 158241392, 1, 3076231545, 3076591616, 158218576, 158200128, 158214384, 3076230544, 0, 3077070680, 206, 3077071544, 3077049224, 3219345652, 3076117801, 3076591616, 158219120, 3076230502, 3077337088, 3076740824, 0, 3077070680, 206, 3077071544, 3077049224, 3077071016}}, sa_flags = -1217896616, sa_restorer = 0xce} sigs = {__val = {32, 0 <repeats 31 times>}} #3 0xb76356e0 in core_free (o=0x96df140) at pulsecore/core.c:179 j = <optimized out> __func__ = "core_free" __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ = "core_free" #4 0xb763a7c5 in pa_object_unref (o=0x96df140) at pulsecore/object.c:62 __func__ = "pa_object_unref" __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ = "pa_object_unref" #5 0x0804cf12 in pa_core_unref (o=0x96df140) at ./pulsecore/core.h:202 No locals. #6 main (argc=3, argv=0xbfe35374) at daemon/main.c:1162 c = <optimized out> buf = <optimized out> conf = 0x96d88c0 mainloop = <optimized out> s = <optimized out> configured_address = 0x1 <error: Cannot access memory at address 0x1> r = <optimized out> retval = 0 d = 3 valid_pid_file = <optimized out> ltdl_init = true n_fds = <optimized out> passed_fds = <optimized out> e = <optimized out> daemon_pipe = {-1, -1} daemon_pipe2 = {-1, -1} autospawn_fd = <optimized out> autospawn_locked = <optimized out> server_lookup = <optimized out> lookup_service_bus = <optimized out> server_bus = <optimized out> start_server = <optimized out> __func__ = "main" __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ = "main" (gdb) info reg eax 0x0 0 ecx 0x224f 8783 edx 0x6 6 ebx 0x224f 8783 esp 0xbfe34fc4 0xbfe34fc4 ebp 0x96e28f0 0x96e28f0 esi 0x96e3950 158218576 edi 0xb7452000 -1220206592 eip 0xb7795be0 0xb7795be0 <__kernel_vsyscall+16> eflags 0x202 [ IF ] cs 0x73 115 ss 0x7b 123 ds 0x7b 123 es 0x7b 123 fs 0x0 0 gs 0x33 51 [1] http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs//main/p/pulseaudio/pulseaudio_6.0-5_changelog
I think GDM was just restarted due to the systemd-journald watchdog timed out and systemd-journald restarted.
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