off and on sound problem

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Mon, 2010-12-13 at 21:40 -0500, Douglas Pollard wrote:
> On 12/13/2010 09:31 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> > On Mon, 2010-12-13 at 21:28 -0500, Douglas Pollard wrote:
> >> On 12/13/2010 08:25 PM, Mike Holstein wrote:
> >>> On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 8:22 PM, Douglas Pollard
> >>> <dougpol1 at verizon.net>  wrote:
> >>>          I am using Ubuntu studio 10.04.   I get sound for a while
> >>>          after start up
> >>>          but then loose it. I typed pavucontrol into the terminal.
> >>>          The volume
> >>>          control panel comes up and I get an error message
> >>>          ( connection failed:
> >>>          connection terminated).  The little speaker thingies in the
> >>>          Volume
> >>>          control are showing and X as if muted. If I restart I have
> >>>          sound for a
> >>>          while but then loose it.  If I play VLC media player sound
> >>>          stops and
> >>>          starts and beaks up and after a while it shuts down
> >>>          altogether. I would
> >>>          appreciate any help with this.  Thanks  Doug
> >>>
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> >>> let us know what hardware your using... are you using JACK? is this
> >>> an internal card? or a USB device?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> you can run
> >>> lspci
> >>> in a terminal and paste that here, or
> >>> lsusb
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> i have a VIA sound device that just dies sometimes... what kernel
> >>> are you using?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> uname -a
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> have you tried other kernels?
> >>>
> >>> -- 
> >>> MH
> >>> http://www.myspace.com/mikeholstein
> >>>
> >>> http://opensourcemusician.libsyn.com/
> >>>
> >> I have an AMD 64 dual chip motherboard that I installed about 3 years
> >> ago . The computer is an HPpavilian 720
> >>     I am trying to think how to see what kernal is in here. I
> >> downloaded Ubuntu Studio 10.04 and installed it. I see if I can figure
> >> out what the kernel is.    Doug
> > Open a terminal emulation and run
> >
> > uname -a
> >
> > ;)
> >
> >
> >
> No I have not. I just installed Ubuntu Studio 10.04 about two months ago 
> but have not had consistent sound since then.      Doug

On an Ubuntu forum on German, regarding to codec Via VT1708 someone
solved this by installing
http://packages.ubuntu.com/de/lucid/linux-backports-modules-alsa-lucid-generic

To know what kernel you are running run

uname -r

or better

uname -a