Audio stops working

[john e]

I had something similar happen, Skype would also kill audio.
Not sure how i semi-fixed it, but i ripped out anything pulse-related
(including some gnome apps i like). Currently audio will "pop"/"jerk"
if more than 1 source is trying to use sound sometimes.
My working theory are the different audio backends are competing, but
only a theory.


-john


On 12/21/09, Kwan Chan <chanyunkwan0217 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Here's the bug report link.
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/447844
>
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 2:44 AM, Ofir Klinger <klinger.ofir at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I don't sure it is a crash since logout and than login solves the problem.
>>
>> @Kwan Chan: can you post a link to the bug report?
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 8:15 PM, Go Eller <goerpr at yahoo.de> wrote:
>>
>>> You may be right, however it fixed *my* crashing sound system ...
>>>
>>> Peter
>>>
>>> > @Peter That can only fix the poping sound.
>>> >
>>> > On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 10:02 PM, Go Eller <goerpr at yahoo.de
>>> > <mailto:goerpr at yahoo.de>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >     I had the same problem (kubuntu 9.10 : kernel 2.6.31-16) ...
>>> >
>>> >     after editing one line (in my case it was the last line) in
>>> >     /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
>>> >     from
>>> >     options snd-hda-intel power_save=10 power_save_controller=N
>>> >     to
>>> >     options snd-hda-intel power_save=10 power_save_controller=Y
>>> >     the problem seems to be gone.
>>> >
>>> >     Peter
>>> >
>>> >     > I think (but I really don't sure!) that sometimes after playing
>>> >     videos
>>> >     > in flash (youtube etc) sound stops working _*globally*_.
>>> >     >
>>> >     > I mean, no sound at all, for example, smplayer, amarok, kaffine,
>>> >     vlc.
>>> >     >
>>> >     > However, only KDE apps report the problem from the screenshot I
>>> >     > attached. Others just play with no sound.
>>> >     >
>>> >     > Any ideas?
>>> >     >
>>> >     > On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 11:55 AM, Jonas Norlander
>>> >     <jonorland at gmail.com <mailto:jonorland at gmail.com>
>>> >     > <mailto:jonorland at gmail.com <mailto:jonorland at gmail.com>>> wrote:
>>> >     >
>>> >     >     2009/12/20 Ofir Klinger <klinger.ofir at gmail.com
>>> >     <mailto:klinger.ofir at gmail.com>
>>> >     >     <mailto:klinger.ofir at gmail.com
>>> >     <mailto:klinger.ofir at gmail.com>>>:
>>> >     >     > Hello,
>>> >     >     >
>>> >     >     > Recently I encountered the following message several times:
>>> >     >     > http://www.violetech.org/screenshot2.png
>>> >     >     > I get the same problem on 2 computers.
>>> >     >     >
>>> >     >     > The only way of solving it seems to logout and login,
>>> however,
>>> >     >     sometimes
>>> >     >     > only reboot works.
>>> >     >     >
>>> >     >     > Both computers running kubuntu karmic with KDE 4.3 and
>>> latest
>>> >     >     updates.
>>> >     >     >
>>> >     >     > I cannot figure out what is the source of the problem, and
>>> >     >     therefore I don't
>>> >     >     > know in which package to file a bug or what to attach to
>>> > it.
>>> >     >     >
>>> >     >     > Any help will be appreciated!
>>> >     >     >
>>> >     >     > Ofir
>>> >     >
>>> >     >     I got a lot of this before in Kubuntu 9.04 and Amarok 2.1.x
>>> but
>>> >     >     somewhere after upgrading to Kubuntu 9.10 and Amarok 2.2.x
>>> >     it when
>>> >     >     away. It was always when using Amarok, no other sound or
>>> > video
>>> >     >     application would cause it.
>>> >     >
>>> >     >     What application are u using when it happen and what version
>>> of
>>> >     >     Kubuntu do you have?
>>> >     >     I wouldn't install Pulsaudio in Kubuntu as it probably will
>>> >     cause more
>>> >     >     problem then it will fix.
>>> >     >
>>> >     >     / Jonas
>>> >     >
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