This bug has been filling my logs for a couple of releases now.
Oct 8 09:47:15 mike-desktop pulseaudio[1771]: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_avail_delay() returned strange values: delay 4 is less than avail 6. Oct 8 09:47:15 mike-desktop pulseaudio[1771]: alsa-util.c: Most likely this is a bug in the ALSA driver 'snd_intel8x0'. Please report this issue to the ALSA developers. Oct 8 09:47:15 mike-desktop pulseaudio[1771]: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump(): Oct 8 09:47:15 mike-desktop pulseaudio[1771]: alsa-util.c: Hardware PCM card 2 'Intel ICH5' device 0 subdevice 0 Oct 8 09:47:15 mike-desktop pulseaudio[1771]: alsa-util.c: Its setup is: Oct 8 09:47:15 mike-desktop pulseaudio[1771]: alsa-util.c: stream : CAPTURE Oct 8 09:47:15 mike-desktop pulseaudio[1771]: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED Oct 8 09:47:15 mike-desktop pulseaudio[1771]: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE Oct 8 09:47:15 mike-desktop pulseaudio[1771]: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD Oct 8 09:47:15 mike-desktop pulseaudio[1771]: alsa-util.c: channels : 2 Oct 8 09:47:15 mike-desktop pulseaudio[1771]: alsa-util.c: rate : 44100 Oct 8 09:47:15 mike-desktop pulseaudio[1771]: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 44100 (44100/1) Oct 8 09:47:15 mike-desktop pulseaudio[1771]: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16 Oct 8 09:47:15 mike-desktop pulseaudio[1771]: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 16384 Oct 8 09:47:15 mike-desktop pulseaudio[1771]: alsa-util.c: period_size : 16384 Oct 8 09:47:15 mike-desktop pulseaudio[1771]: alsa-util.c: period_time : 371519 Oct 8 09:47:15 mike-desktop pulseaudio[1771]: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE Oct 8 09:47:15 mike-desktop pulseaudio[1771]: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1 Oct 8 09:47:15 mike-desktop pulseaudio[1771]: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 16384 Oct 8 09:47:15 mike-desktop pulseaudio[1771]: alsa-util.c: period_event : 0 Oct 8 09:47:15 mike-desktop pulseaudio[1771]: alsa-util.c: start_threshold : -1 Oct 8 09:47:15 mike-desktop pulseaudio[1771]: alsa-util.c: stop_threshold : 1073741824 Oct 8 09:47:15 mike-desktop pulseaudio[1771]: alsa-util.c: silence_threshold: 0 Oct 8 09:47:15 mike-desktop pulseaudio[1771]: alsa-util.c: silence_size : 0 Oct 8 09:47:15 mike-desktop pulseaudio[1771]: alsa-util.c: boundary : 1073741824 Oct 8 09:47:15 mike-desktop pulseaudio[1771]: alsa-util.c: appl_ptr : 9764858 Oct 8 09:47:15 mike-desktop pulseaudio[1771]: alsa-util.c: hw_ptr : 9764864 Oct 8 14:54:21 mike-desktop python: io/hpmud/pp.c 627: unable to read device-id ret=-1
This bug has been filling my logs for a couple of releases now.
Oct 8 09:47:15 mike-desktop pulseaudio[1771]: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_ avail_delay( ) returned strange values: delay 4 is less than avail 6.
Oct 8 09:47:15 mike-desktop pulseaudio[1771]: alsa-util.c: Most likely this is a bug in the ALSA driver 'snd_intel8x0'. Please report this issue to the ALSA developers.
Oct 8 09:47:15 mike-desktop pulseaudio[1771]: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump():
Oct 8 09:47:15 mike-desktop pulseaudio[1771]: alsa-util.c: Hardware PCM card 2 'Intel ICH5' device 0 subdevice 0
Oct 8 09:47:15 mike-desktop pulseaudio[1771]: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
Oct 8 09:47:15 mike-desktop pulseaudio[1771]: alsa-util.c: stream : CAPTURE
Oct 8 09:47:15 mike-desktop pulseaudio[1771]: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
Oct 8 09:47:15 mike-desktop pulseaudio[1771]: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE
Oct 8 09:47:15 mike-desktop pulseaudio[1771]: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD
Oct 8 09:47:15 mike-desktop pulseaudio[1771]: alsa-util.c: channels : 2
Oct 8 09:47:15 mike-desktop pulseaudio[1771]: alsa-util.c: rate : 44100
Oct 8 09:47:15 mike-desktop pulseaudio[1771]: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 44100 (44100/1)
Oct 8 09:47:15 mike-desktop pulseaudio[1771]: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16
Oct 8 09:47:15 mike-desktop pulseaudio[1771]: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 16384
Oct 8 09:47:15 mike-desktop pulseaudio[1771]: alsa-util.c: period_size : 16384
Oct 8 09:47:15 mike-desktop pulseaudio[1771]: alsa-util.c: period_time : 371519
Oct 8 09:47:15 mike-desktop pulseaudio[1771]: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE
Oct 8 09:47:15 mike-desktop pulseaudio[1771]: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1
Oct 8 09:47:15 mike-desktop pulseaudio[1771]: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 16384
Oct 8 09:47:15 mike-desktop pulseaudio[1771]: alsa-util.c: period_event : 0
Oct 8 09:47:15 mike-desktop pulseaudio[1771]: alsa-util.c: start_threshold : -1
Oct 8 09:47:15 mike-desktop pulseaudio[1771]: alsa-util.c: stop_threshold : 1073741824
Oct 8 09:47:15 mike-desktop pulseaudio[1771]: alsa-util.c: silence_threshold: 0
Oct 8 09:47:15 mike-desktop pulseaudio[1771]: alsa-util.c: silence_size : 0
Oct 8 09:47:15 mike-desktop pulseaudio[1771]: alsa-util.c: boundary : 1073741824
Oct 8 09:47:15 mike-desktop pulseaudio[1771]: alsa-util.c: appl_ptr : 9764858
Oct 8 09:47:15 mike-desktop pulseaudio[1771]: alsa-util.c: hw_ptr : 9764864
Oct 8 14:54:21 mike-desktop python: io/hpmud/pp.c 627: unable to read device-id ret=-1