I also encounter this problem with my Compaq v3000, Ubuntu 9.10
The strange thing is after I play any mp3 file, this sound disappear.
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strange rhythmic sound coming from the speakers
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/462468
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You don't have to restart your computer. You can switch from graphical tty to a
console tty, login then kill the process of rapidsvn then switch back to
graphical tty.
To switch between tty, you can use Ctrl + Alt + Fx (x = 1, 2, 3, ...). Usually,
graphical tty is Ctrl + Alt + F7 :)
You can try