Sound Crackling after installing Nvidia Drivers

[Howard Coles Jr.]

On Saturday 24 February 2007 10:59:02 am Knapp wrote:
> Just an idea but on my computer it popped and cracked too until I
> started up the mixer and turned down the volume of all the inputs. I
> think it was one of the mic inputs that was making all the noise. Just
> turn everything down to 0 or off and then turn on only what is needed.
> Hope this helps.
>
> On 2/24/07, Howard Coles Jr. <dhcolesj at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hey guys, I finally got rid of the HP and bought a Dell with a 256 MB
> > Nvidia GeForce 7900 GS.  Everything on this machine worked right off,
> > except for the 3D support.  So, I installed the Nvidia 9745 drivers using
> > the "envy" script from here:
> > http://www.albertomilone.com/nvidia_scripts1.html
> > I also had previously tried installing the Nvidia drivers from the repos
> > (877* I think) and the previous version 9631 of the Nvidia drivers.
> >
> > I have a problem that when I reboot the kernel can't find something about
> > the Nvidia drivers from their website, and all the drivers when they do
> > load cause my sound to crackle and pop.
> >

Thanks for the tip, but no joy.  The only time it does that is when I load up 
a 3D intensive game, like "SuperTux" or "Chromium".  Sometimes it sounds like 
the battery is dying on an old Cassette player.  

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See Ya'
Howard Coles Jr.
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