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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

** Changed in: pulseaudio (Ubuntu Trusty)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  pulseaudio crashed with SIGABRT in pa_xmalloc()

Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in pulseaudio source package in Trusty:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  1. Powered up laptop from a powered off state
  2. Logged in
  3. Was presented with "A system error has occurred"
  4. Later notice that "No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon."

  I cannot control the volume, since no pulseaudio daemon is running
  $ pacmd does not work due to 4

  Trying to start pulseaudio gives me

  $ pulseaudio
  E: [pulseaudio] pid.c: Daemon already running.
  E: [pulseaudio] main.c: pa_pid_file_create() failed.

  Trying to kill it yields

  $ pulseaudio -k
  E: [pulseaudio] main.c: Failed to kill daemon: No such file or directory

  "I have no idea what I am doing":

  $ sudo pulseaudio -k
  [sudo] password for jonas:
  E: [pulseaudio] core-util.c: Home directory not accessible: Permission denied
  E: [pulseaudio] main.c: Failed to kill daemon: Success

  jonas@jonas-xps:~$ pulseaudio -k
  E: [pulseaudio] main.c: Failed to kill daemon: No such file or directory

  jonas@jonas-xps:~$ pulseaudio
  W: [pulseaudio] pid.c: Stale PID file, overwriting.
  E: [pulseaudio] module-device-restore.c: Failed to parse module arguments
  E: [pulseaudio] module.c: Failed to load module "module-device-restore" (argument: "restore_device=false"): initialization failed.
  E: [pulseaudio] main.c: Module load failed.
  E: [pulseaudio] main.c: Failed to initialize daemon.
  E: [pulseaudio] xmalloc.c: Assertion 'size > 0' failed at pulse/xmalloc.c:62, function pa_xmalloc(). Aborting.
  Aborted (core dumped)

  Happens due to 
  load-module module-device-restore restore_device=false

  ProblemType: Crash
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: pulseaudio 1:4.0-0ubuntu10
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-19.40-generic 3.13.6
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-19-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.13.3-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/snd/by-path', '/dev/snd/controlC0', '/dev/snd/hwC0D0', '/dev/snd/hwC0D3', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0c', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D3p', '/dev/snd/seq', '/dev/snd/timer'] failed with exit code 1:
  CrashCounter: 1
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Fri Mar 28 09:17:13 2014
  DistributionChannelDescriptor:
   # This is a distribution channel descriptor
   # For more information see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistributionChannelDescriptor
   canonical-oem-somerville-precise-amd64-20120703-2
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/pulseaudio
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-08-27 (212 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 "Precise" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary 20120703-15:08
  ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog
  PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.
  Signal: 6
  SourcePackage: pulseaudio
  StacktraceTop:
   pa_xmalloc () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pulseaudio/libpulsecommon-4.0.so
   pa_module_unload_all () from /usr/lib/libpulsecore-4.0.so
   main ()
  Title: pulseaudio crashed with SIGABRT in pa_xmalloc()
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-03-20 (7 days ago)
  UserGroups: adm cdrom dip libvirtd lp lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
  dmi.bios.date: 05/15/2013
  dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: A09
  dmi.board.name: 0PJHXN
  dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.board.version: A00
  dmi.chassis.type: 8
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.chassis.version: 0.1
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA09:bd05/15/2013:svnDellInc.:pnDellSystemXPSL322X:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0PJHXN:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr0.1:
  dmi.product.name: Dell System XPS L322X
  dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
  modified.conffile..etc.pulse.default.pa: [modified]
  mtime.conffile..etc.pulse.default.pa: 2014-03-27T13:17:10.652148

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