OpenIndiana Distribution

Can you share a core file?

Looks like truss file is also not attached. Will add both right now...
Regards.

And core: https://www.dropbox.com/s/349r9bgc6hv5soo/core.pulseaudio.2731.zip?dl=0 (let me know when you have it, so I can remove data)

Does removing ~/.config/pulse help?

Have you found https://www.illumos.org/issues/7820 ? Is it related?

Does 'rm -fr /etc/pulse && pkg fix pulseaudio' help?

Alexander Pyhalov wrote:

Does removing ~/.config/pulse help?

Yes, thanks. Removing ~/.config/pulse worked and seems persistent across reboots. I'm assuming removing /etc/pulse would work too. After making the change, the volume slider in Mate didn't work, so I rebooted, because I can't logout without my system hanging (unrelated bug with xorg vesa). In hind sight, running pulseaudio -k as user after making the change would've worked without needing a reboot.

I have removed that file and now no sound is produced in VLC, Rhythmbox or FireFox :-(

From other side, this works:

$ audiotest 
Sound subsystem and version: SunOS Audio 4.0 (0x00040003)
Platform: SunOS 5.11 illumos-48d8443e35 i86pc

*** Scanning sound adapter #1 ***
/dev/sound/audiohd:0dsp (audio engine 0): audiohd#0
  - Performing audio playback test... 
        <left> ................OK
        <right> ...............OK
        <stereo> ..............OK
        <measured sample rate 47965,00 Hz (-0,07%)>

*** All tests completed OK ***

$ audioctl show-device
Device: /dev/sound/audiohd:0mixer
  Name    = audiohd#0
  Config  = onboard1 (a)
  HW Info = Unknown HD codec: 0x10ec0892

$ ps -ef| grep [p]ulse
  global predrag*  3707     1   0 09:31:45 ?           0:00 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog
$ kill -9 3707
$ ps -ef| grep [p]ulse
  global predrag*  3712     1   0 09:32:00 ?           0:00 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog

And found more interesting:

find ~/.pulse ~/.config/pulse -ls
 22481    1 drwx------   2 predrag_zecevic admin           3 May  2 12:23 /export/home/predrag_zecevic/.pulse
 22483    0 lrwxrwxrwx   1 predrag_zecevic admin          23 May  2 12:23 /export/home/predrag_zecevic/.pulse/fff003d0d35d39638afc7bd0568fd0f4-runtime -> /tmp/pulse-nIqTRXNgklNW
 22482    1 drwxr-xr-x   2 predrag_zecevic admin           2 May  2 12:22 /export/home/predrag_zecevic/.config/pulse

[2017-05-02 11:06:58] xxx pulseaudio[3473]: [ID 295310 user.error] [(null)] module-device-restore.c: Failed to open volume database '/export/home/predrag_zecevic/.pulse/fff003d0d35d39638afc7bd0568fd0f4-device-volumes': I/O error
[2017-05-02 11:06:58] xxx pulseaudio[3473]: [ID 295310 user.error] [(null)] module.c: Failed to load module "module-device-restore" (argument: ""): initialization failed.
[2017-05-02 11:06:58] xxx pulseaudio[3473]: [ID 295310 user.error] [(null)] hook-list.c: Assertion '!slot->dead' failed at pulsecore/hook-list.c:83, function pa_hook_slot_free(). Aborting.
[2017-05-02 11:06:59] xxx genunix: [ID 603404 kern.notice] NOTICE: core_log: pulseaudio[3473] core dumped: /export/tmp/cores/core.pulseaudio.3473
[2017-05-02 11:06:59] xxx pulseaudio[3471]: [ID 295310 user.error] [(null)] main.c: Daemon startup failed.

Will do more tests when time permits. Just wanted to share...
Regards.

This morning I have update OS:

$ uname -rosv
SunOS 5.11 illumos-a160fd9a3a Solaris

$ ps -ef | grep [p]ulseaudio
  global predrag*  4931     1   0 08:52:03 ?           0:01 /usr/bin/amd64/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog

$ grep -E "2017-05-05.*[p]ulseaudio" /var/adm/messages
[2017-05-05 09:06:08] xxx pulseaudio[4931]: [ID 295310 user.error] [oss] module-oss.c: pa_read() failed: Resource temporarily unavailable

Also, I have spotted following:
a) pulseaudio down, VLC plays stream smoothly
b) pulseaudio up, VLC has few hiccups at the beginning of stream playing, then continues normally

Unfortunately rhythmbox still stops after 19 seconds of stream playing, so could not test relation to pulseaudio

Regards

Please update your system to current and state the current condition.