When I connect my Fiio X5 II as external DAC to my PC PulseAudio hangs (unkillable). Google knows about this bug (https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=202648 http://forum.ubuntu.ru/index.php?topic=263700.0 https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2274844). The same problem with Fiio X3 II. People says that problem assigned with xhci. I can't check this because my motherboard doesn't support xhci disabling. Fiio works fine without PulseAudio, through ALSA. Dmesg log from forum (on my system I saw something similar): Jul 20 02:07:27 archi-desktop kernel: [ 719.622886] pulseaudio D ffff88041ed130c0 0 3276 2983 0x00000004 Jul 20 02:07:27 archi-desktop kernel: [ 719.622895] ffff8803c76d7b60 0000000000000082 ffff8803ed39e5e0 ffff8803c76d7fd8 Jul 20 02:07:27 archi-desktop kernel: [ 719.622901] 00000000000130c0 00000000000130c0 ffff880408644750 ffff8800cceb1400 Jul 20 02:07:27 archi-desktop kernel: [ 719.622907] ffff8800c8bc3910 ffff8800cceb1400 0000000000000004 ffff8800c8bc38f0 Jul 20 02:07:27 archi-desktop kernel: [ 719.622913] Call Trace: Jul 20 02:07:27 archi-desktop kernel: [ 719.622925] [<ffffffff8176a2d9>] schedule+0x29/0x70 Jul 20 02:07:27 archi-desktop kernel: [ 719.622933] [<ffffffff8156b3e5>] usb_kill_urb+0x65/0xa0 Jul 20 02:07:27 archi-desktop kernel: [ 719.622943] [<ffffffff810b50b0>] ? prepare_to_wait_event+0x100/0x100 Jul 20 02:07:27 archi-desktop kernel: [ 719.622948] [<ffffffff81569f98>] usb_hcd_flush_endpoint+0x198/0x200 Jul 20 02:07:27 archi-desktop kernel: [ 719.622955] [<ffffffff812478fc>] ? kernfs_find_ns+0x9c/0xf0 Jul 20 02:07:27 archi-desktop kernel: [ 719.622962] [<ffffffff8156d1d9>] usb_disable_endpoint+0x59/0x90 Jul 20 02:07:27 archi-desktop kernel: [ 719.622968] [<ffffffff8156d259>] usb_disable_interface+0x49/0x60 Jul 20 02:07:27 archi-desktop kernel: [ 719.622974] [<ffffffff8156d7ae>] usb_set_interface+0x1be/0x380 Jul 20 02:07:27 archi-desktop kernel: [ 719.622986] [<ffffffffc0e1b881>] snd_usb_init_sample_rate+0x251/0x350 [snd_usb_audio] Jul 20 02:07:27 archi-desktop kernel: [ 719.622999] [<ffffffffc0e263fe>] snd_usb_pcm_prepare+0xbe/0x550 [snd_usb_audio] Jul 20 02:07:27 archi-desktop kernel: [ 719.623022] [<ffffffffc0334aea>] ? snd_pcm_lib_ioctl+0x15a/0x260 [snd_pcm] Jul 20 02:07:27 archi-desktop kernel: [ 719.623035] [<ffffffffc032cd77>] snd_pcm_do_prepare+0x17/0x30 [snd_pcm] Jul 20 02:07:27 archi-desktop kernel: [ 719.623048] [<ffffffffc032c80d>] snd_pcm_action_single+0x2d/0x70 [snd_pcm] Jul 20 02:07:27 archi-desktop kernel: [ 719.623061] [<ffffffffc032ca6e>] snd_pcm_action_nonatomic+0x6e/0x80 [snd_pcm] Jul 20 02:07:27 archi-desktop kernel: [ 719.623073] [<ffffffffc032f962>] snd_pcm_common_ioctl1+0x472/0xd70 [snd_pcm] Jul 20 02:07:27 archi-desktop kernel: [ 719.623082] [<ffffffff8105afcc>] ? __do_page_fault+0x20c/0x560 Jul 20 02:07:27 archi-desktop kernel: [ 719.623094] [<ffffffffc0330358>] snd_pcm_playback_ioctl1+0xf8/0x250 [snd_pcm] Jul 20 02:07:27 archi-desktop kernel: [ 719.623106] [<ffffffffc03304e0>] snd_pcm_playback_ioctl+0x30/0x40 [snd_pcm] Jul 20 02:07:27 archi-desktop kernel: [ 719.623113] [<ffffffff811e7670>] do_vfs_ioctl+0x2e0/0x4c0 Jul 20 02:07:27 archi-desktop kernel: [ 719.623119] [<ffffffff811e78d1>] SyS_ioctl+0x81/0xa0 Jul 20 02:07:27 archi-desktop kernel: [ 719.623127] [<ffffffff8176e34d>] system_call_fastpath+0x1a/0x1f lsusb: Bus 001 Device 005: ID 2972:0006 cat /proc/asound/cards 0 [DAC ]: USB-Audio - FiiO USB Audio Class 2.0 DAC SmartAction FiiO USB Audio Class 2.0 DAC at usb-0000:00:14.0-11, high speed pulseaudio log from forum (if you ask I can take log from my system) [bart@BartPCArch ~]$ pulseaudio -vvvv I: [pulseaudio] main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_NICE, (31, 31)) failed: Operation not permitted I: [pulseaudio] main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_RTPRIO, (9, 9)) failed: Operation not permitted D: [pulseaudio] core-rtclock.c: Timer slack is set to 50 us. D: [pulseaudio] core-util.c: RealtimeKit worked. I: [pulseaudio] core-util.c: Successfully gained nice level -11. I: [pulseaudio] main.c: This is PulseAudio 6.0 D: [pulseaudio] main.c: Compilation host: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu D: [pulseaudio] main.c: Compilation CFLAGS: -march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector-strong --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wall -W -Wextra -Wno-long-long -Wno-overlength-strings -Wunsafe-loop-optimizations -Wundef -Wformat=2 -Wlogical-op -Wsign-compare -Wformat-security -Wmissing-include-dirs -Wformat-nonliteral -Wpointer-arith -Winit-self -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wfloat-equal -Wmissing-prototypes -Wredundant-decls -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-noreturn -Wshadow -Wendif-labels -Wcast-align -Wstrict-aliasing -Wwrite-strings -Wno-unused-parameter -ffast-math -fno-common -fdiagnostics-show-option -fdiagnostics-color=auto D: [pulseaudio] main.c: Running on host: Linux x86_64 4.1.6-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Aug 17 08:52:28 CEST 2015 D: [pulseaudio] main.c: Found 8 CPUs. I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Page size is 4096 bytes D: [pulseaudio] main.c: Compiled with Valgrind support: no D: [pulseaudio] main.c: Running in valgrind mode: no D: [pulseaudio] main.c: Running in VM: no D: [pulseaudio] main.c: Optimized build: yes D: [pulseaudio] main.c: FASTPATH defined, only fast path asserts disabled. I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Machine ID is 285aceef9581452e8da5a89ae08b86a4. I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Session ID is c1. I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Using runtime directory /run/user/1000/pulse. I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Using state directory /home/bart/.config/pulse. I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Using modules directory /usr/lib/pulse-6.0/modules. I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Running in system mode: no I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Fresh high-resolution timers available! Bon appetit! D: [pulseaudio] memblock.c: Using shared memory pool with 1024 slots of size 64.0 KiB each, total size is 64.0 MiB, maximum usable slot size is 65472 D: [pulseaudio] memblock.c: Using shared memory pool with 1024 slots of size 64.0 KiB each, total size is 64.0 MiB, maximum usable slot size is 65472 I: [pulseaudio] cpu-x86.c: CPU flags: CMOV MMX SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 SSE4_1 SSE4_2 I: [pulseaudio] svolume_mmx.c: Initialising MMX optimized volume functions. I: [pulseaudio] remap_mmx.c: Initialising MMX optimized remappers. I: [pulseaudio] svolume_sse.c: Initialising SSE2 optimized volume functions. I: [pulseaudio] remap_sse.c: Initialising SSE2 optimized remappers. I: [pulseaudio] sconv_sse.c: Initialising SSE2 optimized conversions. I: [pulseaudio] svolume_orc.c: Initialising ORC optimized volume functions. D: [pulseaudio] database-tdb.c: Opened TDB database '/home/bart/.config/pulse/285aceef9581452e8da5a89ae08b86a4-device-volumes.tdb' I: [pulseaudio] module-device-restore.c: Successfully opened database file '/home/bart/.config/pulse/285aceef9581452e8da5a89ae08b86a4-device-volumes'. I: [pulseaudio] module.c: Loaded "module-device-restore" (index: #0; argument: ""). D: [pulseaudio] database-tdb.c: Opened TDB database '/home/bart/.config/pulse/285aceef9581452e8da5a89ae08b86a4-stream-volumes.tdb' I: [pulseaudio] module-stream-restore.c: Successfully opened database file '/home/bart/.config/pulse/285aceef9581452e8da5a89ae08b86a4-stream-volumes'. D: [pulseaudio] protocol-dbus.c: Interface org.PulseAudio.Ext.StreamRestore1 added for object /org/pulseaudio/stream_restore1 D: [pulseaudio] protocol-dbus.c: Interface org.PulseAudio.Ext.StreamRestore1.RestoreEntry added for object /org/pulseaudio/stream_restore1/entry0 D: [pulseaudio] protocol-dbus.c: Interface org.PulseAudio.Ext.StreamRestore1.RestoreEntry added for object /org/pulseaudio/stream_restore1/entry1 D: [pulseaudio] protocol-dbus.c: Interface org.PulseAudio.Ext.StreamRestore1.RestoreEntry added for object /org/pulseaudio/stream_restore1/entry2 D: [pulseaudio] protocol-dbus.c: Interface org.PulseAudio.Ext.StreamRestore1.RestoreEntry added for object /org/pulseaudio/stream_restore1/entry3 D: [pulseaudio] protocol-dbus.c: Interface org.PulseAudio.Ext.StreamRestore1.RestoreEntry added for object /org/pulseaudio/stream_restore1/entry4 D: [pulseaudio] protocol-dbus.c: Interface org.PulseAudio.Ext.StreamRestore1.RestoreEntry added for object /org/pulseaudio/stream_restore1/entry5 D: [pulseaudio] protocol-dbus.c: Interface org.PulseAudio.Ext.StreamRestore1.RestoreEntry added for object /org/pulseaudio/stream_restore1/entry6 D: [pulseaudio] protocol-dbus.c: Interface org.PulseAudio.Ext.StreamRestore1.RestoreEntry added for object /org/pulseaudio/stream_restore1/entry7 D: [pulseaudio] protocol-dbus.c: Interface org.PulseAudio.Ext.StreamRestore1.RestoreEntry added for object /org/pulseaudio/stream_restore1/entry8 D: [pulseaudio] protocol-dbus.c: Interface org.PulseAudio.Ext.StreamRestore1.RestoreEntry added for object /org/pulseaudio/stream_restore1/entry9 D: [pulseaudio] protocol-dbus.c: Interface org.PulseAudio.Ext.StreamRestore1.RestoreEntry added for object /org/pulseaudio/stream_restore1/entry10 D: [pulseaudio] protocol-dbus.c: Interface org.PulseAudio.Ext.StreamRestore1.RestoreEntry added for object /org/pulseaudio/stream_restore1/entry11 D: [pulseaudio] protocol-dbus.c: Interface org.PulseAudio.Ext.StreamRestore1.RestoreEntry added for object /org/pulseaudio/stream_restore1/entry12 D: [pulseaudio] protocol-dbus.c: Interface org.PulseAudio.Ext.StreamRestore1.RestoreEntry added for object /org/pulseaudio/stream_restore1/entry13 D: [pulseaudio] protocol-dbus.c: Interface org.PulseAudio.Ext.StreamRestore1.RestoreEntry added for object /org/pulseaudio/stream_restore1/entry14 I: [pulseaudio] module.c: Loaded "module-stream-restore" (index: #1; argument: ""). D: [pulseaudio] database-tdb.c: Opened TDB database '/home/bart/.config/pulse/285aceef9581452e8da5a89ae08b86a4-card-database.tdb' I: [pulseaudio] module-card-restore.c: Successfully opened database file '/home/bart/.config/pulse/285aceef9581452e8da5a89ae08b86a4-card-database'. I: [pulseaudio] module.c: Loaded "module-card-restore" (index: #2; argument: ""). I: [pulseaudio] module.c: Loaded "module-augment-properties" (index: #3; argument: ""). I: [pulseaudio] module.c: Loaded "module-switch-on-port-available" (index: #4; argument: ""). D: [pulseaudio] alsa-util.c: Trying hw:CARD=DAC with SND_PCM_NO_AUTO_FORMAT ... D: [pulseaudio] alsa-util.c: Managed to open hw:CARD=DAC I: [pulseaudio] alsa-util.c: Disabling tsched mode since BATCH flag is set D: [pulseaudio] alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_hw_params_set_format(Signed 24 bit Little Endian in 3bytes) failed: Invalid argument D: [pulseaudio] alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_hw_params_set_format(Signed 24 bit Big Endian in 3bytes) failed: Invalid argument D: [pulseaudio] alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_hw_params_set_format(Float 32 bit Little Endian) failed: Invalid argument D: [pulseaudio] alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_hw_params_set_format(Float 32 bit Big Endian) failed: Invalid argument D: [pulseaudio] alsa-util.c: Maximum hw buffer size is 682 ms D: [pulseaudio] alsa-util.c: Set buffer size first (to 19200 samples), period size second (to 4800 samples). I: [pulseaudio] alsa-util.c: Device hw:CARD=DAC doesn't support sample format s24le, changed to s32le. My system: Asus Z170-A, Intel i7-6700K, Fiio X5 II with last firmware, Arch linux x64, PulseAudio 9.0.
This seems like a kernel bug, since dmesg shows a kernel stack trace and pulseaudio becomes unkillable. Those two things should never happen on a good kernel. I understand that you'd like to blame pulseaudio on the basis that you can use the card without pulseaudio, but pulseaudio can't be blamed for kernel bugs.
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