off and on sound problem

[Mike Holstein]

Try disabling the via device in the bios
On Dec 14, 2010 11:51 AM, "Douglas Pollard" <dougpol1 at verizon.net> wrote:
> 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
>
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