off and on sound problem

[Douglas Pollard]

On 12/13/2010 10:38 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> 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
>
>
>
Ok,  In trying to solve this I remembered that I had been given an older 
sound blaster card. Thinking it might be a hardware problem, I plugged 
it in and man it sounds good.   But after about 5 minutes of playing I 
get  the same connection lost warning and no sound.  I restarted the box 
and I have system sounds but no sound in VLC or other players. If I 
restart the computer I seem to have a connection but loose it. Sometimes 
system sounds and sound, sometimes only system sounds.  Any help will be 
appreciated here,  Thanks  Doug