Audio stops working

Ofir Klinger klinger.ofir at gmail.com
Fri Dec 25 10:29:45 GMT 2009


John: I tried and nothing happened. The sliders didn't jump.

The problem doesn't occur everytime I play flash, so I can't test it
properly.

Maybe I need to report a bug? In which package?

On Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 12:27 AM, john e <john.godzero at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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