Apparent problem with Pulseaudio - no audio and 150MB log files are generated

[Ari]

Hi, I just upgraded to VB 2.1, on a linux ubuntu 8.10 host (amd64) and with a WinXP (32 bits) VB guest. Audio stopped worked (it was working with VB 2.0), and now I see huge log files with the below repeated thousands and thousands of times:

The VM crashes after a few hours of use.

Using ALSA instead of Pulse for audio seems to fix the problems.

03:04:47.974 Pulse: Failed to determine the writable size: Connection terminated
03:04:47.985 Pulse: Failed to determine the writable size: Connection terminated
03:04:47.995 Pulse: Failed to determine the writable size: Connection terminated
03:04:48.005 Pulse: Failed to determine the writable size: Connection terminated
03:04:48.015 Pulse: Failed to determine the writable size: Connection terminated
03:04:48.027 Pulse: Failed to determine the writable size: Connection terminated
03:04:48.039 Pulse: Failed to determine the writable size: Connection terminated
03:04:48.049 Pulse: Failed to determine the writable size: Connection terminated
03:04:48.060 Pulse: Failed to determine the writable size: Connection terminated
03:04:48.070 Pulse: Failed to determine the writable size: Connection terminated
03:04:48.080 Pulse: Failed to determine the writable size: Connection terminated

[Frank Mehnert]

We didn't change anything regarding audio in version 2.1.0. Did you upgrade your Ubuntu system recently? Are there more upgrades which could solve your problem?

[Frank Mehnert]

No response, closing.

[dgeurts]

This appears to be back with the latest version of Virtualbox 4.3.26 (r98988). Please let me know what information I could provide to help.

Host: Ubuntu 14.04, client Windows 7.