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Dear all
I've got the following problem. Randomly GNOME3 completely freezes (I am able to move the mouse pointer but any click I make has no effect). Since the system freezes I'm able to see the precise hour in the Gnome3 top panel. Consulting the log contained in /var/log/errors.log I see that every time the system freezes the log contains the following error:
May 14 21:27:23 VGPORT01 pulseaudio[1674]: module-alsa-card.c: Failed to find a working profile.
May 14 21:27:23 VGPORT01 pulseaudio[1674]: module.c: Failed to load module "module-alsa-card" (argument: "device_id="29" name="platform-thinkpad_acpi" card_name="alsa_card.platform-thinkpad_acpi" tsched=yes ignore_dB=no card_properties="module-udev-detect.discovered=1""): initialization failed.
May 14 21:27:26 VGPORT01 pulseaudio[1740]: pid.c: Daemon already running.
The error is however impossible to be reproduced with precision since it seems that it appears randomly even if i'm not using any audio player. If it helps I can tell you that I made a fresh net install of my system and I'm using a T60 Lenovo laptop.
Thank you in advance.
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Can pulseaudio be uninstalled with GNOME3? If so, try removing pulseaudio. If you still get freezes then the problem won't be pulseaudio. Instead it will be either the drivers, alsa, or your hardware. You can also try to use oss instead of alsa. If you can't remove pulseaudio try using another desktop environment that allows you to control it. I don't propose a fix for the problem. It is just what I would do in this situation to try to target the problem more accurately.
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Hi Pajaro
Thank you for your reply. Unlikely pulseaudio is a critical package since it's required as dependency by a lot of gnome packets. I've just opened a ticket also in Pulseaudio.org.
The strange things is that even if Pulseaudio crashes I'm still able to hear the audio that was playing when the system hangs.
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I just had the same problem today. System slows to a crawl, but it's impossible to tell when it'll happen. I'm on a dell mini 1018.
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