Comment 2 for bug 497537

What, the rate-limit messages? By themselves they don't imply anything.
Please use "pactl stat" if you feel that PA is eating memory (which is
another known issue with module-udev-detect and inotify handles).

On Dec 16, 2009 3:35 PM, "Christoph Korn" <email address hidden> wrote:

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: pulseaudio

Suddenly extreme swappinh rendered my notebook useless for about 10 minutes.
Looking in the messages log there are pulseaudio related messages before the
swapping starts.

pulseaudio:
 Installed: 1:0.9.19-0ubuntu4
 Candidate: 1:0.9.19-0ubuntu4
 Version table:
 *** 1:0.9.19-0ubuntu4 0
       500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
       100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
  Subdevices: 2/2
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
  Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: korn 2135 F.... pulseaudio
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf6ffc000 irq 21'
  Mixer name : 'SigmaTel STAC9205'
  Components : 'HDA:838476a0,102801fe,00100204'
  Controls : 26
  Simple ctrls : 17
Date: Wed Dec 16 21:22:06 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: pulseaudio 1:0.9.19-0ubuntu4
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-16.53-generic
SourcePackage: pulseaudio
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-generic x86_64

** Affects: pulseaudio (Ubuntu)
    Importance: Undecided
        Status: New

** Tags: amd64 apport-bug

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Pulseaudio causes extreme swapping
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/497537
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Bug description:
Binary package hint: pulseaudio

Suddenly extreme swappinh rendered my notebook useless for about 10 minutes.
Looking in the messages log there are pulseaudio related messages before the
swapping starts.

pulseaudio:
 Installed: 1:0.9.19-0ubuntu4
 Candidate: 1:0.9.19-0ubuntu4
 Version table:
 *** 1:0.9.19-0ubuntu4 0
       500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
       100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
  Subdevices: 2/2
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
  Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: korn 2135 F.... pulseaudio
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf6ffc000 irq 21'
  Mixer name : 'SigmaTel STAC9205'
  Components : 'HDA:838476a0,102801fe,00100204'
  Controls : 26
  Simple ctrls : 17
Date: Wed Dec 16 21:22:06 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: pulseaudio 1:0.9.19-0ubuntu4
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-16.53-generic
SourcePackage: pulseaudio
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-generic x86_64