Sound problem: L/R channel lock lost while adjusting volume slider ...

[Joe Burgess]

hmmmm sounds like a bug to me, have you looked around for bug like that?

Vincent Trouilliez wrote:
> Hi list,
> 
> 
> I am having an annoying problem when I use the volume control panel
> (Hardy) : when I use the mouse to adjust the (PCM channel) volume,
> while moving the slider, the lock between the let and right channel all
> of a sudden gets unlocked ! So I have to click on the lock icon to put
> them back into sync, then adjust again the volume, annoying ! :-(
> 
> It happens really randomly as far as I can see: sometimes it will lose
> the lock several times per volume adjustment manoeuver so to speak..;
> and sometimes it will not lose the lock even if I play with the slider
> for 2 minutes to try to provoke it.
> 
> Anyone experienced this problem, ideas on what might be the problem ?
> 
> I never had this problem on my old motherboard (built-in AC97 sound
> chip), but a month or two ago, to celebrate Hardy (and renew a 6 year
> old machine that was on its last leg), I switch to an Intel P35 chipset
> based motherboard, thinking "yeah, Intel stuff, everything will work
> out of the box and flawlessly"... NOT ! :-/
> 
> To make things confusing, eventhough the sound chip is built-in the
> Intel P35 chipset, Ubuntu actually reports TWO sound devices: the Intel
> HDA one, AND a RealTek ALC888 chip ! So, Intel or Realtek ?! :-/
> 
> I have two major other problems with this chip, and searching the web
> only showed that they were known problem and that basically... don't
> expect them to be fixed, jsut live with them, great.
> 
> This problem of losing the L/R lock while adjusting the volume is the
> smalled of the 3 problems I have with this "Intel" (Realtek ??) chip,
> but if I could solve it, it would be great, like "at lest I solved SOME
> of it, it's not a 100% defeat !"
> 
> Sorry for the rant, had to vent a little.. I am a little mad at
> spending money on an Intel motherboard to suport a supposedly Linux
> "friendly" company, just to see it brings lots more trouble than I had
> with my 6 year old Nvidia nForce chipset&sound. I am now not so
> convinced that Intel hardware is better supported than other
> manufacturers, I won't make this mistake for my next motherboard  :o(((
> 
> 
> --
> Vince, need to put his head in the freezer to cool down a bit...
>