Audio stops working

john e john.godzero at gmail.com
Thu Dec 24 22:27:25 GMT 2009


hmmm, open  kmix... and expose all the sliders (configure channels)
then open a flash site... I'm guessing you will see one of the slider jump
also move the volume slider inside the flash app, i think one of the
sliders in kmix will echo the changes (maybe PCM)

-john


On 12/24/09, Ofir Klinger <klinger.ofir at gmail.com> wrote:
> I found out that the problem occurs sometimes after playing flash (like in
> youtube).
>
> What can cause Flash to mass out the sound (that a login-logout can
> resolve)?
>
> Any ideas?
>
> On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 10:07 AM, Ofir Klinger
> <klinger.ofir at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> The bug report of Kwan Chan doesn't match my symptoms since I can ear
>> sound
>> from two apps running simultaneously (i.e, smplayer and amarok).
>>
>> The solution of Ike Garcia didn't work for me.
>>
>> I will try Go Eller's solution.
>>
>> I done some tests which revealed that:
>>
>>    1. Playing smplayer + amarok together or one before the other did
>> *not*cause the problem.
>>    2. Playing flash + amarok did *not* cause the problem too.
>>
>> I will try to monitor the behavior of the problem in the following days.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 8:33 AM, john e <john.godzero at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 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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