off and on sound problem

[Mike Holstein]

Might not be there... every bios can be different... what is the computer
again?... might find some info about the bios options googling around a
bit...
On Dec 14, 2010 2:07 PM, "Douglas Pollard" <dougpol1 at verizon.net> wrote:
> 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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