off and on sound problem

[Douglas Pollard]

On 12/14/2010 12:24 PM, Mike Holstein wrote:
>
> Try disabling the via device in the bios
>
> On Dec 14, 2010 11:51 AM, "Douglas Pollard" <dougpol1 at verizon.net 
> <mailto: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 <mailto: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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Mike, I could not find an via device in the bios. What is that??    Doug
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