Well, for the record, the problem is back in 13.04. I have just figured out what actually fixed this issue. I have changed: /usr/share/alsa/pcm/dsnoop.conf -> period_size -> default -> changed from 512 to 1024 /usr/share/alsa/pcm/dmix.conf -> period_size -> default -> changed from 512 to 2048
-- 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/1029414 Title: Audio problems with ALSA Status in “alsa-driver” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Kubuntu 12.04 here. This system is built for heavy gaming and videos, it has a Zogis GeForce GTX 550 Ti which connected to my TV via HDMI. I'm using the sound card that's integrated into the GPU, I have made it my primary card in alsa by changing "/usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf": defaults.ctl.card 0 defaults.pcm.card 0 defaults.pcm.device 0 became: defaults.ctl.card NVidia defaults.pcm.card Nvidia defaults.pcm.device 7 I have never liked pulseaudio, and alsa does everything I need faster, so pulseaudio is usually the first thing I remove in my installation. sudo apt-get purge pulseaudio However those are the problems I have without pulseaudio: 1) dolphin-emu produces some weird noises randomly. 2) The 2 games I have developed which use SDL for sound have sound distorted and failing a lot. http://cmcgames.darkphear.com/2012/01/yagac.html http://iceroyds.darkphear.com/ Other games that use SDL for sound seem to have the same behaviour. When I run it in the console I have a LOT of: ALSA lib pcm.c:7339snd_pcm_recover) underrun occurred 3) MAME has serious latency in sound (about half a second). It uses SDL for sound too. 4) MAME running old games such as twinbee have a terrible crackling sound that makes it unplayable. There are two lame workarounds for this; one is reducing sampling rate below 22050 (argh!); other is using the alsa oss wrapper : "aoss mame twinbee -audiodriver dsp" which is a little better. I have tried removing the Ubuntu SDL packages and installing SDL from the official page, but it didn't change a thing. The problem seems to be deeper, maybe in libasound2 or in alsa itself. --- AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: user-kubuntu 1836 F.... kded4 user-kubuntu 2202 F.... kmix /dev/snd/controlC0: user-kubuntu 1836 F.... kded4 user-kubuntu 2202 F.... kmix Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'PCH'/'HDA Intel PCH at 0xf6420000 irq 56' Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC892' Components : 'HDA:10ec0892,80862007,00100302' Controls : 38 Simple ctrls : 19 Card1.Amixer.info: Card hw:1 'NVidia'/'HDA NVidia at 0xf6000000 irq 17' Mixer name : 'Nvidia GPU 15 HDMI/DP' Components : 'HDA:10de0015,10de0101,00100100' Controls : 25 Simple ctrls : 5 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120423) NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: alsa-driver (not installed) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=pt_BR TERM=xterm LANG=pt_BR.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-26.41-generic 3.2.19 PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon. Tags: precise Uname: Linux 3.2.0-26-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo dmi.bios.date: 04/20/2012 dmi.bios.vendor: Intel Corp. dmi.bios.version: BGP6710J.86A.2185.2012.0420.0057 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: DP67BG dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation dmi.board.version: AAG10491-306 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnIntelCorp.:bvrBGP6710J.86A.2185.2012.0420.0057:bd04/20/2012:svn:pn:pvr:rvnIntelCorporation:rnDP67BG:rvrAAG10491-306:cvn:ct3:cvr: --- AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: user-kubuntu 1836 F.... kded4 user-kubuntu 2202 F.... kmix /dev/snd/controlC0: user-kubuntu 1836 F.... kded4 user-kubuntu 2202 F.... kmix Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'PCH'/'HDA Intel PCH at 0xf6420000 irq 56' Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC892' Components : 'HDA:10ec0892,80862007,00100302' Controls : 38 Simple ctrls : 19 Card1.Amixer.info: Card hw:1 'NVidia'/'HDA NVidia at 0xf6000000 irq 17' Mixer name : 'Nvidia GPU 15 HDMI/DP' Components : 'HDA:10de0015,10de0101,00100100' Controls : 25 Simple ctrls : 5 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120423) NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: alsa-driver (not installed) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=pt_BR TERM=xterm LANG=pt_BR.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-26.41-generic 3.2.19 PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon. Tags: precise Uname: Linux 3.2.0-26-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo dmi.bios.date: 04/20/2012 dmi.bios.vendor: Intel Corp. dmi.bios.version: BGP6710J.86A.2185.2012.0420.0057 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: DP67BG dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation dmi.board.version: AAG10491-306 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnIntelCorp.:bvrBGP6710J.86A.2185.2012.0420.0057:bd04/20/2012:svn:pn:pvr:rvnIntelCorporation:rnDP67BG:rvrAAG10491-306:cvn:ct3:cvr: To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1029414/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
