#1032255 pulseaudio: sound keeps dying (on Tiger Lake)

Package:
pulseaudio
Source:
pulseaudio
Description:
PulseAudio sound server
Submitter:
Dave Love
Date:
2023-03-03 13:12:05 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1032255#5
Date:
2023-03-02 12:03:01 UTC
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To:
I kept losing sound and had to restart applications.  In contrast to
#1022143, removing pipewire packages didn't help, but after replacing
pulseaudio with pipewire, things are working fine.  (I'm using the
bullseye-backports version, but I don't know if that's necessary.)

This is probably hardware-related, since I found it after replacing a
Thinkpad with a "HP EliteBook 840 G8 Notebook PC (19X36AV)" which has a
"Tiger Lake-LP Smart Sound Technology Audio Controller".  I can't see
any similar reports in a web search, though.

Sorry I can't report the actual package versions now, but recent, and
pulseaudio doesn't seems to have changed recently, and perhaps the
solution helps others.
#1032255#10
Date:
2023-03-02 12:21:17 UTC
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#1032255#15
Date:
2023-03-03 13:08:55 UTC
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Hi Dave,

Are there any clues (error messages, service start/stops, or things like that)
in the affected system's journal logs?

The following command might be helpful along those lines:

  $ journalctl --user --merge --unit pulseaudio.service

Also, the following page provides some information (and some problem-solving
techniques) for PulseAudio on Debian - have you had any luck with any of these?

https://wiki.debian.org/PulseAudio

Cheers,
James