off and on sound problem

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Mon, 2010-12-13 at 22:30 -0500, Douglas Pollard wrote:
> On 12/13/2010 09:59 PM, Douglas Pollard wrote:
> > On 12/13/2010 09:47 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> >> 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
> >>
> >>
> >>
> > Here is the kernal output from the terminal     Doug
> >
> > Linux ubuntu 2.6.32-27-preempt #49-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT Thu Dec 2 03:21:34
> > UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> >
> >
> I just played some music with VLC and it played well for about 5 minuets 
> and then i got th message that the connection failed.  that sounds like 
> a hardware problem?      Doug

:(

linux-backports-modules-alsa-lucid-generic

I did ignore the word 'generic' for this package.

It seems to be able to solve your issue for a default, resp. upgraded
default kernel.

Hm?

Perhaps you should get a low cost PCI card, that anyway would be better
for audio, but your card. I e.g. bought a TerraTec EWX 24/96 PCI card at
Ebay for less, but 30,- EUR. Compared to professional studio equipment
the bass sounds muddy, compared to a crappy on-board device as yours, it
not only does sound amazing good, but also ships with very good latency,
when used as a duplex device and btw. the PCI MPU MIDInterface will
cause less MIDI jitter, but other solutions.

2 cents,

Ralf