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Firefox no audio--but look at all the multiple processes

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System:    Host: Labonline Kernel: 4.4.0-98-generic x86_64 (64 bit)
           Desktop: MATE 1.12.0  Distro: Linux Mint 17.3 Rosa
Hello my fine feathered friends,
I need to be coddled a bit.

Have been using Palemoon for quite sometime but thought I would try out the newly patched FF 57.0.4
There is no sound from youtube videos and a FF banner reports I may need to install Pulse software. I checked Synaptic--pulseaudio and it's default libraries are installed and there are no broken packages anywhere.
Palemoon audio is normal, as well as all local audio.

I went to open pavucontrol and got 'Fatal Error-failed to connect to pulse audio' message.
Looking at the process list in the System Monitor I found pulseaudio is indeed not listed.


What is listed in the processes is now the main concern.

There are 25 instances of bioset
6 instances of getty
8 instances of ksoftirqd
50 instances of kworker
8 instances of migration
7 instances of scsi_eh
7 instances of scsi_tmp
all these are sleeping.
Does anyone recognize what would trigger all these processes?


I'm not sure how or when this all happened.

Troubleshooting the FF sound:
I have reinstalled pulseaudio & pavucontrol.
also renamed ~.mozilla without joy
pulse audio is enabled in the startup applications.

Any ideas regarding this mess?
Other than the pulse issue everything seems to be operating normally--but ugh! all those processes
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Re: Firefox no audio--but look at all the multiple processes

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Except "getty" all those you name are so-called kernel threads, not processes as such. It's a bit of kernel functionality split of into a process-like entity so that it is for example easily scheduled alongside regular processes but is much lighter weight; has no user space at all for example; does not take up any (user space) memory. Every example you list is normal and expected; for me for example,

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$ ps ax | grep kworker | wc -l
38
The 6 getty's manage your six virtual consoles on Ctrl-Alt-F1 to -F6 and are as normal.

Firefox complaining about Pulseaudio is not, and it being "in the startup applications" makes me wonder a bit, seeing as how it shouldn't (explicitly) be in Cinnamon -- but perhaps it should in MATE. Firefox appears to be compiled against pulse directly, i.e., not through for example gstreamer. You may want to check if you get comparable output to this:

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$ grep pulse /proc/$(pidof -s firefox)/maps
7f3a35f99000-7f3a39f9a000 rw-s 00000000 00:17 30                         /run/shm/pulse-shm-3532076147
7f3a3b943000-7f3a3b9a9000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 921884                     /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pulseaudio/libpulsecommon-4.0.so
7f3a3b9a9000-7f3a3bba8000 ---p 00066000 08:03 921884                     /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pulseaudio/libpulsecommon-4.0.so
7f3a3bba8000-7f3a3bba9000 r--p 00065000 08:03 921884                     /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pulseaudio/libpulsecommon-4.0.so
7f3a3bba9000-7f3a3bbaa000 rw-p 00066000 08:03 921884                     /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pulseaudio/libpulsecommon-4.0.so
7f3a3bdb5000-7f3a3bdfc000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 534871                     /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpulse.so.0.16.2
7f3a3bdfc000-7f3a3bffc000 ---p 00047000 08:03 534871                     /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpulse.so.0.16.2
7f3a3bffc000-7f3a3bffd000 r--p 00047000 08:03 534871                     /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpulse.so.0.16.2
7f3a3bffd000-7f3a3bffe000 rw-p 00048000 08:03 534871                     /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpulse.so.0.16.2
This is on 17.3 as well. Otherwise though, I'll leave this up to a MATE user to compare...

[EDIT] ... although perhaps it's useful to specify that both listed libraries are provided by the libpulse0 package. I.e., may want to try a sudo apt-get install --reinstall libpulse0.
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Re: Firefox no audio--but look at all the multiple processes

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I checked a second workstation with identical hardware, using the same Mate 17.3 and same kernel.
The Processes list on that machine has zero instances of the processes in question-- however it does show pulseaudio.

This second machine has not yet been updated to FF 57.0.4, intramfs-tools 0.103ubuntu, or ruby1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.6
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Re: Firefox no audio--but look at all the multiple processes

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all41 wrote:The Processes list on that machine has zero instances of the processes in question
That is not possible. Any Linux system has them; the only possibility is that you are checking the process list differently on both systems. It is a certainty that you see a very similar set of kernel threads on both systems when just using ps ax.
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Re: Firefox no audio--but look at all the multiple processes

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all41 wrote:
Have been using Palemoon for quite sometime but thought I would try out the newly patched FF 57.0.4
Just in case you didn't know, Pale Moon is not affected by Meltdown and Spectre:

https://forum.palemoon.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=17928
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Re: Firefox no audio--but look at all the multiple processes

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yes ps ax seems comparable--hard to tell because enumerated differently.

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 ~ $ ps ax
  PID TTY      STAT   TIME COMMAND
    1 ?        Ss     0:01 /sbin/init
    2 ?        S      0:00 [kthreadd]
    3 ?        S      0:00 [ksoftirqd/0]
    4 ?        S      0:00 [kworker/0:0]
    5 ?        S<     0:00 [kworker/0:0H]
    7 ?        S      0:01 [rcu_sched]
    8 ?        S      0:00 [rcu_bh]
    9 ?        S      0:00 [migration/0]
   10 ?        S      0:00 [watchdog/0]
   11 ?        S      0:00 [watchdog/1]
   12 ?        S      0:00 [migration/1]
   13 ?        S      0:00 [ksoftirqd/1]
   15 ?        S<     0:00 [kworker/1:0H]
   16 ?        S      0:00 [watchdog/2]
   17 ?        S      0:00 [migration/2]
   18 ?        S      0:00 [ksoftirqd/2]
   20 ?        S<     0:00 [kworker/2:0H]
   21 ?        S      0:00 [watchdog/3]
   22 ?        S      0:00 [migration/3]
   23 ?        S      0:00 [ksoftirqd/3]
   25 ?        S<     0:00 [kworker/3:0H]
   26 ?        S      0:00 [watchdog/4]
   27 ?        S      0:00 [migration/4]
   28 ?        S      0:00 [ksoftirqd/4]
   29 ?        S      0:00 [kworker/4:0]
   30 ?        S<     0:00 [kworker/4:0H]
   31 ?        S      0:00 [watchdog/5]
   32 ?        S      0:00 [migration/5]
   33 ?        S      0:00 [ksoftirqd/5]
   35 ?        S<     0:00 [kworker/5:0H]
   36 ?        S      0:00 [watchdog/6]
   37 ?        S      0:00 [migration/6]
   38 ?        S      0:00 [ksoftirqd/6]
   39 ?        S      0:00 [kworker/6:0]
   40 ?        S<     0:00 [kworker/6:0H]
   41 ?        S      0:00 [watchdog/7]
   42 ?        S      0:00 [migration/7]
   43 ?        S      0:00 [ksoftirqd/7]
   45 ?        S<     0:00 [kworker/7:0H]
   46 ?        S      0:00 [kdevtmpfs]
   47 ?        S<     0:00 [netns]
   48 ?        S<     0:00 [perf]
   49 ?        S      0:00 [khungtaskd]
   50 ?        S<     0:00 [writeback]
   51 ?        SN     0:00 [ksmd]
   52 ?        SN     0:00 [khugepaged]
   53 ?        S<     0:00 [crypto]
   54 ?        S<     0:00 [kintegrityd]
   55 ?        S<     0:00 [bioset]
   56 ?        S<     0:00 [kblockd]
   58 ?        S<     0:00 [ata_sff]
   59 ?        S<     0:00 [md]
   60 ?        S<     0:00 [devfreq_wq]
   61 ?        S      0:00 [kworker/0:2]
   62 ?        S      0:00 [kworker/1:1]
   63 ?        S      0:00 [kworker/2:1]
   64 ?        S      0:00 [kworker/3:1]
   65 ?        S      0:00 [kworker/4:1]
   66 ?        S      0:01 [kworker/5:1]
   67 ?        S      0:00 [kworker/6:1]
   68 ?        S      0:00 [kworker/7:1]
   69 ?        S      0:00 [kworker/u16:1]
   71 ?        S      0:00 [kswapd0]
   72 ?        S<     0:00 [vmstat]
   73 ?        S      0:00 [fsnotify_mark]
   74 ?        S      0:00 [ecryptfs-kthrea]
   90 ?        S<     0:00 [kthrotld]
   91 ?        S<     0:00 [acpi_thermal_pm]
   93 ?        S<     0:00 [bioset]
   94 ?        S<     0:00 [bioset]
   95 ?        S<     0:00 [bioset]
   96 ?        S<     0:00 [bioset]
   97 ?        S<     0:00 [bioset]
   98 ?        S<     0:00 [bioset]
   99 ?        S<     0:00 [bioset]
  100 ?        S<     0:00 [bioset]
  102 ?        S      0:00 [kworker/3:2]
  105 ?        S<     0:00 [ipv6_addrconf]
  118 ?        S<     0:00 [deferwq]
  119 ?        S<     0:00 [charger_manager]
  248 ?        S<     0:00 [bioset]
  249 ?        S<     0:00 [bioset]
  250 ?        S<     0:00 [bioset]
  251 ?        S<     0:00 [bioset]
  252 ?        S<     0:00 [bioset]
  253 ?        S<     0:00 [bioset]
  254 ?        S<     0:00 [bioset]
  255 ?        S<     0:00 [bioset]
  256 ?        S<     0:00 [kpsmoused]
  257 ?        S      0:00 [scsi_eh_0]
  258 ?        S<     0:00 [scsi_tmf_0]
  259 ?        S      0:00 [scsi_eh_1]
  260 ?        S<     0:00 [scsi_tmf_1]
  261 ?        S      0:00 [scsi_eh_2]
  262 ?        S<     0:00 [scsi_tmf_2]
  263 ?        S      0:00 [scsi_eh_3]
  264 ?        S<     0:00 [scsi_tmf_3]
  265 ?        S      0:00 [scsi_eh_4]
  266 ?        S<     0:00 [scsi_tmf_4]
  267 ?        S      0:00 [scsi_eh_5]
  268 ?        S<     0:00 [scsi_tmf_5]
  269 ?        S      0:00 [kworker/u16:2]
  271 ?        S      0:00 [kworker/u16:4]
  274 ?        S      0:00 [kworker/u16:7]
  275 ?        S      0:00 [kworker/2:2]
  284 ?        S      0:00 [scsi_eh_6]
  285 ?        S<     0:00 [scsi_tmf_6]
  286 ?        S      0:00 [usb-storage]
  290 ?        S<     0:00 [ttm_swap]
  291 ?        S<     0:00 [bioset]
  292 ?        S      0:00 [kworker/u16:8]
  293 ?        S<     0:00 [bioset]
  294 ?        S<     0:00 [bioset]
  295 ?        S<     0:00 [bioset]
  313 ?        S      0:00 [kworker/1:2]
  317 ?        S<     0:00 [bioset]
  318 ?        S<     0:00 [bioset]
  319 ?        S<     0:00 [bioset]
  320 ?        S<     0:00 [bioset]
  322 ?        S<     0:00 [kworker/4:1H]
  323 ?        S<     0:00 [kworker/0:1H]
  324 ?        S<     0:00 [kworker/2:1H]
  325 ?        S<     0:00 [kworker/1:1H]
  326 ?        S<     0:00 [kworker/3:1H]
  433 ?        S<     0:00 [kworker/5:1H]
  434 ?        S      0:00 [jbd2/sda5-8]
  435 ?        S<     0:00 [ext4-rsv-conver]
  479 ?        S<     0:00 [kworker/7:1H]
  599 ?        S      0:00 upstart-udev-bridge --daemon
  617 ?        Ss     0:00 /lib/systemd/systemd-udevd --daemon
  695 ?        Ss     0:00 dbus-daemon --system --fork
  705 ?        S<     0:00 [edac-poller]
  717 ?        S<     0:00 [kmpathd]
  718 ?        S<     0:00 [kmpath_handlerd]
  759 ?        S<     0:00 [kworker/u17:0]
  760 ?        S<     0:00 [hci0]
  761 ?        S<     0:00 [hci0]
  762 ?        S<     0:00 [kworker/u17:1]
  783 ?        S<     0:00 [kvm-irqfd-clean]
  868 ?        Ss     0:00 smbd -F
  966 ?        Ssl    0:00 /usr/sbin/ModemManager
 1012 ?        S      0:00 upstart-file-bridge --daemon
 1015 ?        S      0:00 upstart-socket-bridge --daemon
 1021 ?        Ss     0:00 /usr/sbin/bluetoothd
 1036 ?        Ssl    0:00 rsyslogd
 1041 ?        S<     0:00 [krfcommd]
 1108 ?        Ss     0:00 /lib/systemd/systemd-logind
 1137 ?        S      0:00 avahi-daemon: running [Labonline.local]
 1143 ?        S      0:00 avahi-daemon: chroot helper
 1169 tty4     Ss+    0:00 /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty4
 1171 tty5     Ss+    0:00 /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty5
 1180 tty3     Ss+    0:00 /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty3
 1183 tty6     Ss+    0:00 /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty6
 1216 ?        Ss     0:00 /usr/sbin/sshd -D
 1234 ?        Ss     0:00 /usr/sbin/irqbalance
 1262 ?        Ss     0:00 atd
 1274 ?        Ss     0:01 acpid -c /etc/acpi/events -s /var/run/acpid.socket
 1275 ?        Ss     0:00 cron
 1477 ?        Ss     0:00 /usr/sbin/cups-browsed
 1496 ?        Ss     0:00 mdm
 1508 ?        Ss     0:00 /usr/sbin/kerneloops
 1514 ?        Ssl    0:00 NetworkManager
 1520 ?        Sl     0:00 /usr/lib/policykit-1/polkitd --no-debug
 1572 ?        S      0:00 smbd -F
 1576 ?        S      0:00 smbd -F
 1891 ?        Sl     0:00 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/fail2ban-server -b -s /var/r
 1933 tty1     Ss+    0:00 /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty1
 1953 ?        S      0:00 /sbin/dhclient -d -sf /usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dhcp
 1968 ?        S<     0:00 [kworker/6:1H]
 1969 ?        S      0:00 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --no-resolv --keep-in-foreground --
 2171 ?        S      0:00 [kauditd]
 2180 ?        Sl     0:00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
 2394 ?        Sl     0:00 /usr/lib/udisks2/udisksd --no-debug
 2469 ?        Sl     0:00 /usr/lib/upower/upowerd
 2762 ?        Ss     0:00 /usr/sbin/cupsd -f
 2766 ?        Sl     0:00 /usr/lib/colord/colord
 3274 ?        S      0:02 [kworker/5:2]
 3472 ?        S      0:00 mdm
 3477 tty7     Rs+    0:25 /usr/bin/X :0 -audit 0 -auth /var/lib/mdm/:0.Xauth -n
 3533 ?        S      0:00 dbus-launch --autolaunch=ab90fd17b746795d0a9bcc505724
 3534 ?        Ss     0:00 //bin/dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid 5 --print-addres
 3558 ?        Sl     0:00 /usr/bin/gnome-keyring-daemon --daemonize --login
 3567 ?        S      0:00 [kworker/7:2]
 3569 ?        Ssl    0:00 mate-session
 3633 ?        Ss     0:00 /usr/bin/ssh-agent /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-s
 3636 ?        S      0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session /usr/bin/im-
 3637 ?        Ss     0:00 //bin/dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid 6 --print-addres
 3646 ?        Sl     0:00 /usr/lib/dconf/dconf-service
 3653 ?        Sl     0:00 /usr/bin/mate-settings-daemon
 3659 ?        Sl     0:00 /usr/lib/at-spi2-core/at-spi-bus-launcher
 3663 ?        S      0:00 /bin/dbus-daemon --config-file=/etc/at-spi2/accessibi
 3666 ?        Sl     0:00 /usr/lib/at-spi2-core/at-spi2-registryd --use-gnome-s
 3669 ?        Sl     0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd
 3675 ?        Sl     0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd-fuse /run/user/1000/gvfs -f -o bi
 3685 ?        Sl     0:09 compiz --replace
 3693 ?        Sl     0:00 mate-panel
 3706 ?        Sl     0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfs-udisks2-volume-monitor
 3711 ?        Sl     0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfs-mtp-volume-monitor
 3712 ?        Sl     0:00 caja
 3717 ?        Sl     0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfs-gphoto2-volume-monitor
 3720 ?        Sl     0:00 /usr/bin/python2 /usr/lib/linuxmint/mintMenu/mintMenu
 3722 ?        Sl     0:00 /usr/lib/mate-panel/wnck-applet
 3728 ?        Sl     0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfs-afc-volume-monitor
 3734 ?        Sl     0:00 mate-power-manager
 3736 ?        Sl     0:00 /usr/lib/mate-panel/notification-area-applet
 3737 ?        Sl     0:00 nm-applet
 3741 ?        Sl     0:00 mate-volume-control-applet
 3742 ?        Sl     0:00 mate-screensaver
 3743 ?        Sl     0:00 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/polkit-mate-authentication-
 3757 ?        Sl     0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd-trash --spawner :1.10 /org/gtk/gv
 3769 ?        S      0:00 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gconf/gconfd-2
 3781 ?        Ss     0:00 /bin/sh -c /usr/bin/gtk-window-decorator
 3782 ?        Sl     0:00 /usr/bin/gtk-window-decorator
 3804 ?        Sl     0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd-metadata
 3809 ?        S      0:00 firejail /home/uno/palemoon/palemoon
 3810 ?        S      0:00 firejail /home/uno/palemoon/palemoon
 3820 ?        Sl     0:55 /home/uno/palemoon/palemoon
 4016 ?        S      0:00 [kworker/3:0]
 4067 tty2     Ss+    0:00 /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty2
 4074 ?        S      0:00 [kworker/0:1]
 4080 ?        S      0:00 [kworker/u16:0]
 4093 ?        Sl     0:00 synergy
 4095 ?        Sl     0:00 /usr/bin/synergys -f --no-tray --debug NOTE --name TS
 4102 ?        Sl     0:00 mate-terminal
 4108 ?        S      0:00 gnome-pty-helper
 4109 pts/1    Ss     0:00 bash
 4141 pts/1    R+     0:00 ps ax
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 ~ $ ps ax
  PID TTY      STAT   TIME COMMAND
    1 ?        Ss     0:01 /sbin/init
    2 ?        S      0:00 [kthreadd]
    3 ?        S      0:00 [ksoftirqd/0]
    4 ?        S      0:03 [kworker/0:0]
    5 ?        S<     0:00 [kworker/0:0H]
    7 ?        S      0:14 [rcu_sched]
    8 ?        S      0:00 [rcu_bh]
    9 ?        S      0:00 [migration/0]
   10 ?        S      0:00 [watchdog/0]
   11 ?        S      0:00 [watchdog/1]
   12 ?        S      0:00 [migration/1]
   13 ?        S      0:00 [ksoftirqd/1]
   14 ?        S      0:00 [kworker/1:0]
   15 ?        S<     0:00 [kworker/1:0H]
   16 ?        S      0:00 [watchdog/2]
   17 ?        S      0:00 [migration/2]
   18 ?        S      0:00 [ksoftirqd/2]
   20 ?        S<     0:00 [kworker/2:0H]
   21 ?        S      0:00 [watchdog/3]
   22 ?        S      0:00 [migration/3]
   23 ?        S      0:00 [ksoftirqd/3]
   24 ?        S      0:00 [kworker/3:0]
   25 ?        S<     0:00 [kworker/3:0H]
   26 ?        S      0:00 [watchdog/4]
   27 ?        S      0:00 [migration/4]
   28 ?        S      0:00 [ksoftirqd/4]
   29 ?        S      0:00 [kworker/4:0]
   30 ?        S<     0:00 [kworker/4:0H]
   31 ?        S      0:00 [watchdog/5]
   32 ?        S      0:00 [migration/5]
   33 ?        S      0:00 [ksoftirqd/5]
   34 ?        S      0:00 [kworker/5:0]
   35 ?        S<     0:00 [kworker/5:0H]
   36 ?        S      0:00 [watchdog/6]
   37 ?        S      0:00 [migration/6]
   38 ?        S      0:00 [ksoftirqd/6]
   39 ?        S      0:00 [kworker/6:0]
   40 ?        S<     0:00 [kworker/6:0H]
   41 ?        S      0:00 [watchdog/7]
   42 ?        S      0:00 [migration/7]
   43 ?        S      0:00 [ksoftirqd/7]
   44 ?        S      0:00 [kworker/7:0]
   45 ?        S<     0:00 [kworker/7:0H]
   46 ?        S      0:00 [kdevtmpfs]
   47 ?        S<     0:00 [netns]
   48 ?        S<     0:00 [perf]
   49 ?        S      0:00 [khungtaskd]
   50 ?        S<     0:00 [writeback]
   51 ?        SN     0:00 [ksmd]
   52 ?        SN     0:00 [khugepaged]
   53 ?        S<     0:00 [crypto]
   54 ?        S<     0:00 [kintegrityd]
   55 ?        S<     0:00 [bioset]
   56 ?        S<     0:00 [kblockd]
   58 ?        S<     0:00 [ata_sff]
   59 ?        S<     0:00 [md]
   60 ?        S<     0:00 [devfreq_wq]
   62 ?        S      0:02 [kworker/1:1]
   64 ?        S      0:05 [kworker/3:1]
   65 ?        S      0:01 [kworker/4:1]
   66 ?        S      0:01 [kworker/5:1]
   67 ?        S      0:01 [kworker/6:1]
   68 ?        R      0:02 [kworker/7:1]
   71 ?        S      0:00 [kswapd0]
   72 ?        S<     0:00 [vmstat]
   73 ?        S      0:00 [fsnotify_mark]
   74 ?        S      0:00 [ecryptfs-kthrea]
   90 ?        S<     0:00 [kthrotld]
   91 ?        S<     0:00 [acpi_thermal_pm]
   93 ?        S<     0:00 [bioset]
   94 ?        S<     0:00 [bioset]
   95 ?        S<     0:00 [bioset]
   96 ?        S<     0:00 [bioset]
   97 ?        S<     0:00 [bioset]
   98 ?        S<     0:00 [bioset]
   99 ?        S<     0:00 [bioset]
  100 ?        S<     0:00 [bioset]
  104 ?        S<     0:00 [ipv6_addrconf]
  117 ?        S<     0:00 [deferwq]
  118 ?        S<     0:00 [charger_manager]
  133 ?        S      0:06 [kworker/2:2]
  175 ?        S<     0:00 [bioset]
  176 ?        S<     0:00 [bioset]
  177 ?        S<     0:00 [bioset]
  178 ?        S<     0:00 [bioset]
  179 ?        S<     0:00 [bioset]
  180 ?        S<     0:00 [bioset]
  181 ?        S<     0:00 [bioset]
  182 ?        S<     0:00 [bioset]
  183 ?        S      0:00 [scsi_eh_0]
  184 ?        S<     0:00 [scsi_tmf_0]
  185 ?        S      0:00 [scsi_eh_1]
  186 ?        S<     0:00 [scsi_tmf_1]
  187 ?        S      0:00 [scsi_eh_2]
  188 ?        S<     0:00 [scsi_tmf_2]
  189 ?        S      0:00 [scsi_eh_3]
  190 ?        S<     0:00 [scsi_tmf_3]
  191 ?        S      0:00 [scsi_eh_4]
  192 ?        S<     0:00 [scsi_tmf_4]
  193 ?        S      0:00 [scsi_eh_5]
  194 ?        S<     0:00 [scsi_tmf_5]
  197 ?        S<     0:00 [kpsmoused]
  202 ?        S<     0:00 [kfd_process_wq]
  203 ?        S<     0:00 [ttm_swap]
  207 ?        S      0:00 [kworker/2:3]
  218 ?        S      0:00 [scsi_eh_6]
  219 ?        S<     0:00 [scsi_tmf_6]
  220 ?        S      0:03 [usb-storage]
  221 ?        S<     0:00 [bioset]
  222 ?        S<     0:00 [bioset]
  223 ?        S<     0:00 [bioset]
  236 ?        S<     0:00 [radeon-crtc]
  237 ?        S<     0:00 [radeon-crtc]
  242 ?        S<     0:00 [bioset]
  243 ?        S<     0:00 [bioset]
  244 ?        S<     0:00 [bioset]
  245 ?        S<     0:00 [bioset]
  247 ?        S<     0:00 [kworker/4:1H]
  248 ?        S<     0:00 [kworker/5:1H]
  249 ?        S<     0:00 [kworker/2:1H]
  250 ?        S<     0:00 [kworker/7:1H]
  251 ?        S<     0:00 [kworker/3:1H]
  252 ?        S<     0:00 [kworker/1:1H]
  255 ?        S<     0:00 [kworker/0:1H]
  326 ?        S      0:00 [jbd2/sda5-8]
  327 ?        S<     0:00 [ext4-rsv-conver]
  451 ?        S      0:00 upstart-udev-bridge --daemon
  457 ?        Ss     0:00 /lib/systemd/systemd-udevd --daemon
  514 ?        S<     0:00 [edac-poller]
  551 ?        S<     0:00 [kworker/6:1H]
  576 ?        S<     0:00 [kmpathd]
  577 ?        S<     0:00 [kmpath_handlerd]
  596 ?        S<     0:00 [kvm-irqfd-clean]
  629 ?        S      0:00 upstart-socket-bridge --daemon
  796 ?        S      0:00 [jbd2/sdb1-8]
  797 ?        S<     0:00 [ext4-rsv-conver]
  812 ?        S      0:00 [jbd2/sda6-8]
  813 ?        S<     0:00 [ext4-rsv-conver]
  841 ?        Ss     0:00 smbd -F
  925 ?        S      0:00 upstart-file-bridge --daemon
  934 ?        Ss     0:00 dbus-daemon --system --fork
  957 ?        Ssl    0:00 rsyslogd
  964 ?        Ssl    0:00 /usr/sbin/ModemManager
  996 ?        Ss     0:00 /usr/sbin/bluetoothd
 1002 ?        S<     0:00 [krfcommd]
 1034 ?        Ss     0:00 /lib/systemd/systemd-logind
 1037 ?        S      0:00 avahi-daemon: running [Editor.local]
 1042 ?        S      0:00 avahi-daemon: chroot helper
 1044 tty4     Ss+    0:00 /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty4
 1046 tty5     Ss+    0:00 /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty5
 1053 tty2     Ss     0:00 /bin/login --    
 1054 tty3     Ss+    0:00 /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty3
 1057 tty6     Ss+    0:00 /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty6
 1087 ?        Ss     0:00 /usr/sbin/sshd -D
 1108 ?        Ss     0:00 acpid -c /etc/acpi/events -s /var/run/acpid.socket
 1110 ?        Ss     0:01 /usr/sbin/irqbalance
 1145 ?        Ss     0:00 cron
 1190 ?        Ss     0:00 /usr/sbin/cups-browsed
 1194 ?        Ss     0:00 mdm
 1318 ?        Ssl    0:00 NetworkManager
 1321 ?        S      0:00 smbd -F
 1327 ?        Sl     0:00 /usr/lib/policykit-1/polkitd --no-debug
 1338 ?        S      0:00 smbd -F
 1343 ?        S      0:06 mdm
 1351 tty8     Rsl+   6:18 /usr/bin/X :0 -audit 0 -auth /var/lib/mdm/:0.Xauth -n
 1353 ?        Ssl    0:05 /usr/bin/FAHClient /etc/fahclient/config.xml --run-as
 1355 ?        Sl     0:15 /usr/bin/FAHClient --child --lifeline 1353 /etc/fahcl
 1379 ?        Ss     0:00 /usr/sbin/kerneloops
 1423 ?        S      0:00 [kauditd]
 1433 ?        Sl     0:00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon --no-daemon
 1512 ?        Ssl    0:00 mate-session
 1864 ?        Ss     0:00 /usr/sbin/vnstatd -d --pidfile /run/vnstat/vnstat.pid
 1957 ?        Ss     0:00 /usr/bin/ssh-agent /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-s
 1962 ?        S      0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session /usr/bin/im-
 1974 ?        Ss     0:00 //bin/dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid 6 --print-addres
 2007 ?        S      0:00 /usr/bin/timidity -Os -iAD
 2012 tty1     Ss+    0:00 /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty1
 2080 ?        Sl     0:00 /usr/lib/dconf/dconf-service
 2084 ?        Sl     0:00 gnome-keyring-daemon --start
 2089 ?        Sl     0:01 /usr/bin/mate-settings-daemon
 2096 ?        Sl     0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd
 2101 ?        Sl     0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd-fuse /run/user/1000/gvfs -f -o bi
 2110 ?        Sl     0:00 /usr/lib/at-spi2-core/at-spi-bus-launcher
 2115 ?        S      0:00 /bin/dbus-daemon --config-file=/etc/at-spi2/accessibi
 2118 ?        Sl     0:00 /usr/lib/at-spi2-core/at-spi2-registryd --use-gnome-s
 2123 ?        Sl     0:41 compiz --replace
 2124 ?        Sl     0:01 mate-panel
 2131 ?        S<l    0:00 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog
 2133 ?        SNl    0:00 /usr/lib/rtkit/rtkit-daemon
 2141 ?        Sl     0:02 /usr/bin/python2 /usr/lib/linuxmint/mintMenu/mintMenu
 2143 ?        Sl     0:01 /usr/lib/mate-panel/wnck-applet
 2146 ?        Sl     0:00 /usr/lib/mate-panel/notification-area-applet
 2147 ?        Sl     0:00 /usr/lib/mate-panel/clock-applet
 2158 ?        Sl     0:00 nm-applet
 2163 ?        Sl     0:25 synergy
 2165 ?        S      0:00 /bin/bash /home/uno/caja preopen
 2169 ?        Sl     0:00 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/polkit-mate-authentication-
 2172 ?        Sl     0:00 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/blueman-applet
 2173 ?        Sl     0:00 mate-screensaver
 2184 ?        Sl     0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfs-udisks2-volume-monitor
 2187 ?        Sl     0:00 mate-volume-control-applet
 2188 ?        Sl     0:00 mate-power-manager
 2194 ?        Sl     0:03 /usr/lib/udisks2/udisksd --no-debug
 2205 ?        Sl     0:00 /usr/lib/upower/upowerd
 2224 ?        Sl     0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfs-afc-volume-monitor
 2240 ?        Sl     0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfs-mtp-volume-monitor
 2245 ?        Sl     0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfs-gphoto2-volume-monitor
 2327 ?        Sl     0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd-trash --spawner :1.7 /org/gtk/gvf
 2356 ?        S      0:00 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gconf/gconfd-2
 2488 ?        S      0:00 /usr/bin/obex-data-server --no-daemon 
 2506 ?        Sl     0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd-metadata
 2528 ?        Sl     0:18 /usr/bin/synergyc -f --no-tray --debug NOTE --name TS
 2533 ?        Ss     0:00 /bin/sh -c /usr/bin/gtk-window-decorator
 2534 ?        Sl     0:01 /usr/bin/gtk-window-decorator
 2544 ?        Sl     0:01 caja
 2571 ?        Sl     1:20 conky -c /home/uno/.conky/Thinkstation conky/thinksta
 2627 ?        S      0:51 conky -c /home/uno/.conky/Thinkstation conky/weather.
 2856 ?        Ss     0:00 /usr/sbin/cupsd -f
 9524 ?        S      0:00 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --no-resolv --keep-in-foreground --
 9949 ?        Sl     0:00 /usr/bin/python2.7 /usr/lib/linuxmint/mintUpdate/mint
11033 ?        S      0:00 [kworker/u16:3]
12981 ?        S      0:00 [kworker/0:1]
13794 ?        Sl     0:35 mate-system-monitor
14055 tty2     S+     0:00 -bash
18737 ?        D      0:00 [kworker/u16:5]
19222 ?        S      0:01 [kworker/u16:1]
21065 ?        Sl     0:00 mate-terminal
21071 ?        S      0:00 gnome-pty-helper
21072 pts/1    Ss     0:00 bash
21356 pts/1    R+     0:00 ps ax
21586 ?        S      0:01 [kworker/u16:2]
30299 ?        S      0:00 [kworker/u16:0]
31049 ?        S      0:01 [kworker/u16:4]
~ $
On the original system I logged off and back in as a new user and all the System Monitor gui
process listings are normal--zero instances of those multiple threads reported--zilch.
There is still no pulseaudio listed though.
Oh--one other thing I recall: while looking for pulseaudio I did a system reboot and the loading hung at a fail2ban call
Had to raise elephants; and then it booted normally.
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Re: Firefox no audio--but look at all the multiple processes

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Schultz wrote:
all41 wrote:
Have been using Palemoon for quite sometime but thought I would try out the newly patched FF 57.0.4
Just in case you didn't know, Pale Moon is not affected by Meltdown and Spectre:

https://forum.palemoon.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=17928
Hi Shultz--thanks for that info.
I think it was your posts which led me to try palemoon in the first place--so thanks again.
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Re: Firefox no audio--but look at all the multiple processes

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all41 wrote:On the original system I logged off and back in as a new user and all the System Monitor gui; process listings are normal--zero instances of those multiple threads reported--zilch.
I'd find that to be non-normal, being used to the command line. The issue probably was that kernel-threads are root-owned and that you were looking at listing produced by a with (gk)sudo started system monitor versus not. Or perhaps the MATE system monitor allows configuration in that respect; ps x would indeed also not show them.
Had to raise elephants; and then it booted normally.
Shall admit that that automated forum censor made me smile for once there. Well chosen. But fail2ban appears to be an automated firewall config thing, something I stay far away from. Wrt. Pulseaudio: I have installed on 17.3:

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$ apt search pulse | grep ^i
i   gstreamer0.10-pulseaudio        - GStreamer plugin for PulseAudio           
i   gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio         - GStreamer plugin for PulseAudio           
i   libcanberra-pulse               - PulseAudio backend for libcanberra        
i   libpulse-mainloop-glib0         - PulseAudio client libraries (glib support)
i   libpulse-mainloop-glib0:i386    - PulseAudio client libraries (glib support)
i   libpulse0                       - PulseAudio client libraries               
i   libpulse0:i386                  - PulseAudio client libraries               
i   libpulsedsp                     - PulseAudio OSS pre-load library           
i   libpulsedsp:i386                - PulseAudio OSS pre-load library           
i   pulseaudio                      - PulseAudio sound server                   
i   pulseaudio-module-bluetooth     - Bluetooth module for PulseAudio sound serv
i   pulseaudio-module-x11           - X11 module for PulseAudio sound server    
i   pulseaudio-utils                - Command line tools for the PulseAudio soun
i   vlc-plugin-pulse                - transitional dummy package for vlc
May wish to compare.
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apt search pulse | grep ^i shows identical results with yours.
Here is what I see in System Monitor gui:
my old user:
old user.png
the new user
new user.png
the other multiples are similar, so the process list for the old user is very long.
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Sorry then; no idea about the Pulseaudio thing. That thing being a pain-and-a-half to debug is one of its worst traits -- and that's saying something given its other traits.

Seems your old user is trusted more; is allowed to see processes owned by root; I'd quickly switch back. In case you're wondering: "bioset" is a kernel thread related to the kernel's lock /[O] subsystem. I have 14 such threads myself. Your 25 probably means you have more disks or are using encryption, I guess. In any case: nothing to worry about.
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Hey thanks rene. You understand the Linux architecture much better than I.
It's been a long day so I will look after the pulse discrepancy tomorrow.
I will compare files/history/etc to find the culprit.
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Just in case you didn't know, Pale Moon is not affected by Meltdown and Spectre:

https://forum.palemoon.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=17928
I tried to use it but it crashes since I use the Oxygen theme. I've read that with oxygen-gtk2-1.4.6.1 Palemoon works, but it isn't in the repos and I can't figure out where to find that package... that's 3 years old!!
Bummer... :?
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Hello sichenia,

I suggest posing your inquiry as a new topic, with Oxygen and Palemoon compatibility as the subject.
This will attract more focused replies to your question.

Best regards
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Re: Firefox no audio--but look at all the multiple processes

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all41 wrote: Hello my fine feathered friends,
I need to be coddled a bit.

Have been using Palemoon for quite sometime but thought I would try out the newly patched FF 57.0.4
There is no sound from youtube videos and a FF banner reports I may need to install Pulse software. I checked Synaptic--pulseaudio and it's default libraries are installed and there are no broken packages anywhere.
Palemoon audio is normal, as well as all local audio.
This is because of a known incompatibility with older versions of pulseaudio and firejail. Try running

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firecfg --fix-sound
.
See https://firejail.wordpress.com/support/ ... pulseaudio; firecfg --fix-sound does the same as the listed commands (and is easier to use!). :mrgreen:
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Re: Firefox no audio--but look at all the multiple processes

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Fred Barclay wrote:
all41 wrote: Hello my fine feathered friends,
I need to be coddled a bit.

Have been using Palemoon for quite sometime but thought I would try out the newly patched FF 57.0.4
There is no sound from youtube videos and a FF banner reports I may need to install Pulse software. I checked Synaptic--pulseaudio and it's default libraries are installed and there are no broken packages anywhere.
Palemoon audio is normal, as well as all local audio.
This is because of a known incompatibility with older versions of pulseaudio and firejail. Try running

Code: Select all

firecfg --fix-sound
.
See https://firejail.wordpress.com/support/ ... pulseaudio; firecfg --fix-sound does the same as the listed commands (and is easier to use!). :mrgreen:
Hi Fred,
Thank you for reading. The code was not an immediate remedy for FF audio. I may need to update my firejail.
I see that you are a firejail tester, must run in the family--lol?
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