Howto diagnose sound problems?

[Frans Ketelaars]

On Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:35:28 -0400, Clemens Eisserer wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> A friend of mine has an "Acer Timeline 4810T" (some new intel hda
> soundchip), and I installed Karmic Alpha6 on it.
> 
> However she experiences sound problems, which look like a hanging audio
> device:
> 
> - KDE apps stop playing sound
> - Songbird completly blocks waiting for the sound-device to become
> availebl - Flash plays two seconds of video, but then gets stuck
> 
> The problem only dissapear if she reboots. I am not sure howto diagnose
> any further, and idea which log-files are relevant. Do you think this is
> more likely a pulseaudio problem, or an alsa one?
> 
> Thank you in advance, Clemens

Googling for "Acer Timeline 4810T linux sound" (without quotes) gives as 
the first result: http://www.linlap.com/wiki/acer+aspire+timeline+4810t .

Good luck!

    -Frans