off and on sound problem

[Douglas Pollard]

On 12/14/2010 01:51 PM, Mike Holstein wrote:
>
> Your onboard audio device ... try disabling it in the bios...
>
> On Dec 14, 2010 12:50 PM, "Douglas Pollard" <dougpol1 at verizon.net 
> <mailto: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>
> >> <mailto: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> 
> <mailto: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
Mike that might just be the problem. I am not showing an onboard audio 
device in the bios??
                                                                         
         Doug
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