The only way I've been able to get around this bug in 12.04 on my T60 (w/ Radeon x1400) is by using Unity 2D. All other session types, including Gnome (with and without effects) and ones I've installed afterwards like Cinnamon and Cairo reintroduce the gargling audio. So pretty much since day one, I've stuck with Unity 2D and it's been doing fine.
However, the problem with this workaround is that they're getting rid of Unity 2D in the latest updates to 12.04. If you blindly update your Ubuntu without checking what it's doing, you will lose the option altogether. I haven't done this myself, so I don't know if this latest all-in-one version of Unity has fixed the issue, but I have no reason to believe it would. Has anyone who updated to the latest Unity had any luck? I'm not exactly rushing to see if it breaks my Ubuntu, since I wouldn't know how to undo it, and I don't have backup space for my whole install. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to alsa-driver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/879790 Title: Sound doesn't play properly after upgrade from 11.04->11.10, also affects 12.04 Status in X.org XServer - ATI gfx chipset driver: Confirmed Status in “alsa-driver” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: After the upgrade from Natty to Oneiric the sound that is played (by any program ex. banshee, VLC, Flash) sound very awkward, like if the whole sound is slightly gargling. My computer: Thinkpad T60 Already tried to solve the problem: The german ubuntuforum has a wiki- page to solve sound problems (http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Sound_Problembehebung). Unfortunately, nothing helped - even a reinstalling of the Alsa-Module didn't solve the problem. Hence I think this is a bug. Special: In the thread that I opened in the german forum (http://forum.ubuntuusers.de/topic/nach-upgrade-11-04-auf-11-10 -ueberschlaegt-der-ton/) there was another user that has the same Problem AND he has the same computer as I do. Therefore, I'm not sure if it is a computerspecific problem that may be connected with the chipset of the T60... Thanks Quesst To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xserver-xorg-driver-ati/+bug/879790/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
