off and on sound problem

[Mike Holstein]

Your onboard audio device ... try disabling it in the bios...
On Dec 14, 2010 12:50 PM, "Douglas Pollard" <dougpol1 at verizon.net> wrote:
> 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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